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More lead toys on the loose

This could be a really bad year for toymakers and children.

You must have heard by now that California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. and L.A. City Attorney Rockard J. Delgadillo sued 20 companies yesterday for manufacturing or selling toys with "unlawful quantities of lead."

If not, read it here.

Today, the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) released a list of several new toxic toys that have high levels of lead. At the press conference this morning, CEH said the toys can be found at major stores like Target and Wal-Mart.

If you're worried about buying a potentially lethal toy for Junior, check this CEH toy list out.

MaryPIRG has a piece of this action, too. Check out their 22nd annual toy safety report, also released today.

I know, I know. It's getting hard to keep up. Whatever happened to just worrying about overdosing on ginger cookies and candy canes over the holidays?

Posted by Dan Thanh Dang on November 20, 2007 11:45 AM | Permalink

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