Comments on: Third Toy Recall Makes for a Grim “Hat Trick”

By: Madge

Madge — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:42:51 +0000

First I had to toss Thomas the Train, yesterday I tossed Dora, and now today the NYTimes tells me my new Toys R Us bib might be tainted with lead.
Obama said this morning that 86% of toys in this country are manufactured in China. I guess my kids will have to play with Tupperware.
The thing that upsets me the most is that all the execs are blaming China, as if they had no role in outsourcing manufacturing to the lowest bidder. I read an interesting post about how the “pr spin” from Mattel and other individual companies obfuscates the bigger problem. Good read…
http://www.unboundedition.com/content/view/1978/50/

By: greenmom

greenmom — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:28:23 +0000

i am also planning to gather up some info on safe toys – just becuase i want to be sure the ones that i think are safe really are! many parents have said to just avoid things made in china, but seriously, that is really hard. everything seems to be made there these days. and sometimes just a part or an ingredient is sourced from china, so it may still say it is made somewhere else but contian some dangerous element ( i beleieve this was the case with the veggie booty recall).
i look forward to seeing the list of safe toy info and i’ll definately send you anything i find. thanks!