Wal-Mart Recalls Chinese-Made Lead Toys

[One Sweet World]

Can't say I'm surprised, what when is this going to stop?

Per the Wall Street Journal:

The Consumer Product Safety Commission said Wal-Mart agreed to a voluntary recall of "Hip Charm" key chains that can contain high levels of lead.

The agency said Friday it is recalling about 12,000 units after a key chain was found in the home of a 9-month old child with high blood levels of lead. The child was observed with the key chain in its mouth.

The recalled key chain has several charms including a button, clover, leaf, heart and a sand dollar that hang from a silver-colored chain.

The key chains, manufactured in China, were sold nationwide from April 2005 through April 2008.

[ZombieHorde]

1. Better to recall them than sell them. nt

[Horse with no Name]

2. My granddaughter swallowed a piece of a toy that we thought had been thrown away

Her Doc was very concerned because it was made in China and the lead content.
We ended up having two X-Rays to make sure it passed through.
Needless to say, we made ANOTHER toy sweep to get those things we missed the first two times.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

3. Walmart REMEMBERS lead toys, and smiles at its profit margin.

And since it wants to expand into medical care, prescriptions, and insurance/banking. You think they are planning for planned obsolescence of humanity and trying to profit from it?

[DAGDA56]

4. Does anybody remember a time when Wal Mart bragged about...

...dealing in nothing but "made in the USA" merchandise? Or has it been so long that I'm simply misremembering.

[One Sweet World]

5. Sam Walton would be rolling in his grave if he knew

Sam used to brag that Wal-Mart sold all "Made in America" products, but now Wal-Mart gets 70% of its goods from China. That's the same China that shoots protesters and allows factories to dump mercury in rivers.