Winnie-The-Pooh Toys Recalled

Play Sets Part Of A Recall Of More Than 90,000 Products Due To High Lead Levels

(AP)  More than 90,000 children's products, most imported by J.C. Penney Co. Inc., were recalled Thursday for containing dangerous levels of lead, a government safety group announced.

J.C. Penney recalled Chinese-made Winnie-the-Pooh play sets and decorative ornaments with a horse-theme, as well as art kits made in Taiwan and Vietnam. Totaling 70,400, the toys imported and sold by J.C. Penney all had excessive levels of lead in their surface paint.

Lead is toxic if ingested by young children. Under current regulations, children's products found to have more than 0.06 percent lead accessible to users are subject to a recall.

Consumer Product Safety Commission spokeswoman Julie Vallese said this round of toy recalls is “the direct result of the commitment that was made earlier this summer of cleaning the proverbial house.”

“We anticipate that we will continue to find products that are in violation, but we also anticipate that the number of products that are in violation will go down,” she said.

Due to the recent increase in recalls of lead-contaminated toys, J.C. Penney asked an independent laboratory to perform additional tests on its painted toys, according to spokeswoman Darcie Brossart. This process started sometime in August, she said, and the company alerted the CPSC to a potential recall just under two weeks ago.

An additional 20,300 Chinese-made toys were recalled by three other companies, according to CPSC. Miniature Jeff Gordon NASCAR helmets by Riddell Inc., bendable dinosaur toys by Kipp Brothers, and magnetic art kits by Cracker Barrel Old Country Stores were also recalled for lead-contamination.

“What we don't want parents to do is say 'oh not another one' and do nothing about it,” Vallese said. She encouraged parents not only to remove the recalled toys from children, but to follow the instructions to obtain refund or replacement products.

“Consumers do deserve to get something back for their recalled product,” Vallese said.

[fabdenise]

Another perfect example of our lovely country doing their best for their people. What ever happened to the tag "Made in the USA". We never had any problems with recalls.

Conventional medicine never test for heavy metal but they treat the symptoms as if it is something else. These toys seem to be readily accepted by our FDA.

[Krazcarl]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH nade in china slave labor has it''s downsides yes were paying for outsourcing. Americans are the nost industries people on the planet but no one wants to payv a decent wage so they go where they can exploit and we shall pay even if it''s the health of our children. It is time for an EMBARGO on all chinese products there unsafe and life theatning.

[killtheliars]

We need to bring manufacturing back to America and cut all ties with China. They may hold alot of our debt but lets see how long their people are able to keep eating if we cut off all trade with them.

[mcvet]

Yep. Free Trade is working REAL well isn''t it... American Corporations are getting real wealthy KILLING American Kids with cheap toys made by forced labor. Way to go folks... let''s just keep drinking that Kool Aid. Sieg Heil Bush

[Krazcarl]

Don''t ya love china poisening us but yes you''ll save a buck that makes it OK...Idiots

[jetranger7]

NOT Too many Laws in China, thats why American companies moved there, to get away from all the saftey laws and hoped you wouldn''t notice as a Consumer, untill your kids end up DEAD !!!