Two more Chinese toy recalls
posted at 3:11 pm on November 9, 2007 by Bryan
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If it’s not the date-rape drug, it’s toxic lead.
Item 1 — Curious George.
About 175,000 Curious George Plush Dolls were recalled Thursday, becoming the latest popular toy made in China found to be contaminated with dangerous levels of lead.
Item 2 — Cheezy sunglasses.
About 51,000 Children’s Fashion Sunglasses, imported and distributed by Dolgencorp Inc. of Goodlettsville, Tenn., were also recalled Thursday because of dangerous levels of lead. No injuries have been reported.
The recalled sunglasses, made in China, are yellow-colored with the UPC No. 400007860896. They were sold at Dollar General stores nationwide from March 2005 through October 2007.
Maybe it’s time to just ban China already.
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If so, what’s Walmart gonna sell?
Bigfoot on November 9, 2007 at 3:14 PM
Are the Chinese children getting lead-painted toys? Or are they just for export?
sadatoni on November 9, 2007 at 3:14 PM
Just as long as they don’t recall my life size Michelle Pfeiffer doll.
MB4 on November 9, 2007 at 3:18 PM
MADE IN CHINAMADE LETHAL IN CHINA
fogw on November 9, 2007 at 3:19 PM
Suoerman was once again unavailable for comment.
bbz123 on November 9, 2007 at 3:19 PM
There better not be lead in the hot braised chicken and potstickers we order from the joint down the street!!!!
Or maybe it’s the special ingredient!
!!!!!
!!!!!
Metro on November 9, 2007 at 3:19 PM
I Like Chinese.
Mindcrime on November 9, 2007 at 3:20 PM
If so, what is anyone gonna sell?
Hoodlumman on November 9, 2007 at 3:20 PM
Bryan! It’s been a great week. Keep up the frequent posts after Allah gets back! It’s been a nice break from his athieism first agenda.
edgehead on November 9, 2007 at 3:21 PM
Someone tell me again just how Globalization is so good for us.
Buzzy on November 9, 2007 at 3:21 PM
Think of all the college tuition you won’t have to pay for!
/sarcasm
amerpundit on November 9, 2007 at 3:22 PM
You can’t make this stuff up.
kcluva on November 9, 2007 at 3:23 PM
Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Crazy conspiracy theory: the libtard moonbats are behind this! What better way to destroy Christmas than to infiltrate Chinese toy factories, dump loads of lead into their paint stock, go home and buy the toy(s), report to the government that their children are now poisoned (this would help pass S-CHIP), and then get all the toys banned so that Santa can’t bring anything to children across the world to leave under the tree? If Christmas is gone, then other anti-Christmas holidays can easily replace it. You know… Like Ramadan…?
jedijson on November 9, 2007 at 3:27 PM
Are they trying to kill us? Sounds paranoid, I know, but it can’t be ruled out.
baldilocks on November 9, 2007 at 3:41 PM
I’m ready. With small kids, it’s getting to be a bit much, between the drug recalls (though I believe those are produced in the U.S.) the dangerous toys, and the clothing that contained, what was it, formaldehyde, and was making kids sick. Good Christ, I’ve had enough!!
4shoes on November 9, 2007 at 3:41 PM
Plush toys I get. But lead in sunglasses?
Fun Toy Banned Because Of Three Stupid Dead Kids
pedestrian on November 9, 2007 at 3:43 PM
If enough concerned American parents avoid Chinese-made toys this Christmas (and virtually everyone I know is actively looking for alternatives to Chinese-made toys right now), I would think that it would put a serious dent in China’s short-term economic expectations. I would imagine that the American toy market at Christmas-time is ginormous, and China needs it to be robust. I hope they reap what they sow. Maybe dismal Christmas sales will get the Chinese to do some quality control over there so they can keep Americans buying their toys.
aero on November 9, 2007 at 3:45 PM
Conversely, I bet Lego will have the best Christmas EVER this year!
aero on November 9, 2007 at 3:46 PM
Ah, thank god for globalism. See how much the world has improved? The Trans-Texas corridor…lead-covered toys…poisoned pet food…what lovely gems can we imagine next?
MadisonConservative on November 9, 2007 at 3:49 PM
Yes. The Chinese are trying to kill us. Slowly.
alilianstrom on November 9, 2007 at 3:54 PM
If you guys think that all the lead found in toys from Red China is a coincidence, think again. What covert way would another country have to ruin the next generation of their enemy? Poison the children. Go ahead laugh at me. But you are fools if you think this is not intentional. The fact that it happens over and over and over means its planned, not pure stupidity. I’m telling you Red China has been increasing its military capacity and abilities. To wit: new warships, submarines, and shooting satellites down. This is just another part of their plan. This and the campaign financing of Clinton. The Red menace is back.
Andy in Agoura Hills on November 9, 2007 at 4:00 PM
Beginning of the end for Wal-mart? I hope so. Wal-mart may be a big contributor to Republicans more than Democrats but they’ve done more harm in America than good.
mram on November 9, 2007 at 4:12 PM
I hope that isn’t the case but you do have a point…
liquidflorian on November 9, 2007 at 4:14 PM
I haven’t been a big fan of Chinese stuff, but this stuff makes me want to avoid it all to the extent possible.
gmoonster on November 9, 2007 at 4:21 PM
Remember how many gazillion Chinese there are. They are expendable. They probably lace lots of things with lead and God knows what else just for population control.
Qzsusy on November 9, 2007 at 4:35 PM
I could tell you horror stories that would turn your hair white. — A diet food company that used pig fodder instead of people food, wasn’t discovered til something like 3 or 4 people died; a concrete residential building that had radioactive rebar because it was made from recycle nuclear waste; blocked fire exits at Karaoke parlors, so when a blaze ignited nobody could get out. I could go on for days about just how bad it is at times.
Mindcrime on November 9, 2007 at 4:50 PM
It is funny how there is so much debate in government over climate change, but no one will seriously address the problems with Chinese import$
GogglesPisano on November 9, 2007 at 5:07 PM
Their poison imports are just the tip of the iceberg. China puts more pollution into the air and water than most of the 1st world nations combined and yet the green lefties love them.
Buzzy on November 9, 2007 at 10:17 PM
I read that the nets used in Chinese fishing boats are 50 miles long. That means if you drive your car at 50 miles an hour it would take one hour to go from one end to the other.
What guess that anything, anything ever gets thrown back?
If you are a dolphin lover try not to think about it
IMHO the Chinese are dumping their toxic waste into any and all encapsulating compounds for export.
If it kills us in the process so much the better. We stand between them and the food supply
They make locusts look like the good guys
entagor on November 10, 2007 at 3:35 AM
Two more Chinese toys: U.S. Chamber of Commerce and U.S. Department of Commerce.
saved on November 11, 2007 at 9:01 AM
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