Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act
July 22, 2016
Things Remembered is recalling certain silver bracelets and charm necklaces because the clear surface coating contains lead in excess of federal safety limits. The silver bracelets have 10 silver hearts and circle links and a single heart-shaped charm, while the necklaces are gold-plated with three charms: a pink ice cream cone, a pink crystal cupcake, and a gold-plated...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Consumer Product Safety Act, Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, Lead, Proposition 65, Recalls
June 9, 2016
Far East Brokers has initiated a recall of its children’s chairs and swings because the screen-printing on the exterior fabric contains lead in excess of the federal standard. The chairs and swings have metal frames and pink polyester fabric on which are large red butterfly images and other colorful designs. The chairs and swings were sold at Weis Markets,...
February 9, 2016
KHS America has issued a recall of its 8-Note Monkey Glockenspiel because the pink metal note bar may contain levels of lead that exceed federal safety standards. Lead is known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, and/or other reproductive harm, and ingested lead can cause adverse health effets.
The instrument has eight metal bars in multiple colors...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Cancer, Consumer Product Safety Act, Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, CPSA, CPSIA, Lead, Product Recall, Proposition 65
November 2, 2015
Pottery Barn Kids has issued a recall of Avengers and Darth Vader themed stainless steel water bottles due to excessive lead levels in the gray paint on the exterior of the bottles, which violate the federal lead paint standard.
One water bottle features images of Thor, the Incredible Hulk, and Iron Man on the bottle; the other features images of Darth Vader and the Death Star...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Consumer Product Safety Act, Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, Lead, Proposition 65, Recalls
June 26, 2015
Northern Tool + Equipment has issued a recall for the Little Digger Toy, a stationary scooper toy with moveable poles and a red painted steel frame that turns out to contain levels of lead in excess of federal law. The toy was sold from August 2014 through June 2015 under the Wel-Bilt Brand.
Consumers are urged to immediately stop using the toy, put it out of the reach...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Cancer, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, CPSC, Lead, Proposition 65, Recalls
July 3, 2014
Four California companies have been ordered to stop import, sale, and distribution of children’s products alleged to have hazardous levels of lead and phthalates, in violation of the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) and the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA), Consumer Affairs reported last week.
The companies are: Toys Distribution, Inc. of Los Angeles; S&J...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Cancer, Consumer Product Safety Act, Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, Lead, Phthalates, Proposition 65
May 27, 2014
Classic Concepts has issued a recall of Aman trunks, sold exclusively at Cost Plus World Market, because the surface coating paint on the interior metal chains contain lead in excess of the federal lead paint standard.
The wooden storage trunk measures 38 inches wide by 18 inches high by 18 inches deep and stands on four carved wooden feet, with metal handles on the sides for...
May 16, 2014
Discount School Supply has issued a recall of its Excellerations™ magnetic color sorting boards. The magnet in the wand can detach and the plywood backing can crack to release small metal balls. Swallowing a magnet and/or a metal ball poses a serious choking and internal injury risk. The surface paint on the metal balls also contains levels of lead in...
Consumer Product Safety Act, Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, Lead, Product Recall, Proposition 65
December 3, 2013
Officials with the Federal Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently seized shipments of potentially hazardous toys, NJToday reported.
Last month, CBP officers intercepted two shipments arriving from China of toy dolls, cosmetic sets, fire trucks and tractors that included excessive amounts of lead and potential choking...
September 6, 2013
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) last month introduced a bill to amend the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) to include a ban on certain flame retardant chemicals from use in children’s furniture products. The bill is H.R. 2934, also known as the “Decrease Unsafe Toxins Act.”
Flame retardants have been associated with cancer, endocrine...
Consumer Product Safety Act, Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, CPSA, CPSIA, Flame retardants, Proposition 65, TDCPP
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