Category Archives: Children
Senators Introduce Children’s Jewelry Legislation
Senators Introduce Children’s Jewelry Legislation
Several prominent lawmakers are trying to stop the use of cadmium in children’s jewelry, following reports that Chinese manufacturers are liberally substituting the dangerous metal in place of safer alternatives, like zinc. The legislation, called the Safe Kid’s Jewelry Act, would ban cadmium, barium and antimony from jewelry marketed [...]
China finds 170 more tons of tainted milk powder
CARA ANNA, Associated Press Writer
BEIJING – The discovery has punched a 170-ton hole in China’s promises to overhaul its food safety system. Officials say they’ve found yet another case where large amounts of tainted milk powder from the country’s 2008 scandal that should have been destroyed were instead repackaged.
China ordered tens of thousands of [...]
More melamine-tainted milk products found in China
BEIJING – Melamine-tainted dairy products were pulled from convenience store shelves in southern China more than a year after hundreds of thousands of children had been sickened in a massive milk safety scandal, a government spokeswoman said Monday.
The announcement calls into question the effectiveness of a crackdown launched by Chinese officials [...]
Toxic metal found in kids’ jewelry very dangerous
JUSTIN PRITCHARD, Associated Press Writer
Cadmium is a soft, whitish metal that occurs naturally in soil. It’s perhaps best known as one half of rechargeable nickel-cadmium batteries, but also is used in pigments, electroplating and plastic.
Lab testing organized by The Associated Press shows that it also is present in children’s jewelry — sometimes at eye-popping [...]
RC2 Corp. to pay $1.25 million penalty for selling Thomas & Friends toys containing lead
Laurie Kellman, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — An Illinois firm agreed to pay a $1.25 million settlement for importing and selling Thomas & Friends children’s toys that contained lead levels above legal limits and risked sickening children.
In agreeing to the penalty settlement, RC2 Corp. denied that it knowingly violated federal law as alleged by the [...]
China executes 2 for role in tainted milk scandal
BEIJING – China executed two people Tuesday for their roles in a tainted milk powder scandal in which at least six children died and more than 300,000 became sick.
Zhang Yujun was executed for endangering public safety and Geng Jinping was executed for producing and selling toxic food, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.
Their [...]
Group finds lead in Barbie, Disney toys; focus is still on China
A California environmental health advocacy group commissioned testing on some 250 toys and found high lead levels in seven of them, including Barbie and Disney-branded products.
While the percentage that failed was low, the findings released by the Center for Environmental Health were disturbing nonetheless for just how high the levels were — in some toys [...]
Yankee Candles' Haunted House Candle Holders Pose Fire Risk, Recalled
With Halloween quickly approaching, a spooky item is deemed a fire hazard. Haunted House candle holders sold exclusively at Yankee Candles are being recalled by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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Report: Feds probing Toys R Us over baby products
The federal government is reportedly investigating whether Toys R Us Inc. has improperly acted to discourage discounting and keep the prices consumers pay on baby products such as strollers and car seats higher than they otherwise may have been.
The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday that the Federal Trade Commission is examining whether the [...]
COOL Country of Origin Labeling now fully in effect
The U.S. Department of Agriculture begins enforcing the final rule on country-of-origin labeling (COOL) . Under the new rule, grocery stores will have to identify the country of origin for muscle cuts and ground beef (including veal), pork, lamb, goat and chicken; wild and farm-raised fish and shellfish; fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables; peanuts, [...]