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Target Busted for Selling Toys with Lead Paint
Much to my chagrin, I have a soft place in my heart for Target. I’m never tempted to so much as glance at a Wal-Mart, but sometimes when I get an uncontrollable hankering for a cheap tank top, tile cleaner, and discount shampoo, I find myself in basking in the spacious neon glow of a Target, vaguely praying that no child in India lost a finger in the making of the three-dollar garment I’m about to purchase.
Well, those vague whisperings of shame may have just become stringent enough to prevent me from giving in to the seduction of convenience. Target has been penalized in the amount of $600,000 for importing Chinese-made toys that violated the 1978 lead paint ban, and the Consumer Product Safety Commission alleges that Target knowingly broke the law.
The company denies that it knew the toys contained illegal amounts of lead. Well, perhaps they could have checked before they sold hundreds of thousands of the toys to toddlers.
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[...] with that comes a little more risk. When Target sells toys with too much lead, the Consumer Product Safety Commission comes marching in with a fine. When the little old ladies [...]
Beware Old Recalls on Kid Products | Strollerderby commented on Dec 17 09 at 12:05 pmLaure68 commented on Oct 01 09 at 6:11 pmI would have to know more details before I banned Target. My main question is – why does the CPSC say Target knew, while Target says they did not.
PlumbLucky commented on Oct 02 09 at 7:30 amAm I reading the linked article correct that this has to do with the recalls that were in 06 and 07 and nothing new? (I wasn’t exactly buying many toys in 06 and 07, but am now. And yeah, frequently from Target as I cannot stand Walmart)
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