Parents of Toddlers - Thomas Tank RECALL - lead

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I am so pissed off about this....

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07212.html

I have a 2 year old who has 5 of these recalled trains.....AND I ACTUALLY emailed this company a year ago and inquired if their train sets ( from CHINA ) had been tested for lead paint. I was told they were safe.

Please warn other parents with young kids - these are very popular and 1.5 million were sold....

Dan
 
There are inexpensive test kits in hardware stores here in the US that are pretty reliable- we tested a bunch of old plates and toys when our kids were small- had to get rid of a few things. Never considered modern toys- my son loved those trains for years...
 
shutterflower said:
just don't do business with China. It's toxic.
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thats almost impossible these days...seems like everything sold in the US these days is made in China.

The ipod I am listening too..."assembled in China..." My Microsoft wireless mouse.....CHINA........its endless....

And whats worse is the irresponsible nature of the US companies who import and distribute these products without even checking things like LEAD paint on kids toys....crazy


Dan
 
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Anyone watching Lou Dobbs on CNN and his campaign against China. We do not test anything coming from overseas. Colgate toothpaste in Bethesda, Md. was found to contain poisonous chemicals.
 
Brio are better anyway.
There will always has been and will be a 'china', a place with labor cheaper than another market.
Germany used to be such a place, as was England, Japan, Tiawan.. etc..
Lead is good, it keeps them from growing as fast and their clothes fit better longer.



kidding!
 
In my prior place of work we used to do extensive testing for lead and other hazards on the toys McDonalds gives away with their kids meals. One thing I'll add is that you should aways follow the age labeling on toys. Toys that are safe for a four year old can kill a toddler. Many parents confuse the age labeling as a measure of a child's intelligence. It isn't. It's mostly for choking hazards.

BTW, that Colgate toothpaste was conterfeit.
 
Well, my 3-year old boy has the light and sound James set, and we won't be throwing it away. I've seen the little guy put a lot of things in his mouth that I would rather he didn't - things with far greater potential for harm (like cat poop) and he has survived. He has never put the train in his mouth.

You don't get toxicity from lead by touching paint with traces of lead in it - you have to ingest lead salts to do damage. When use of lead was common in paint, very hungry children would peel old paint off walls and eat it - lead salts are deliciously sweet. These sad kids got anemia and developed liver and brain damage from the high concentrations of lead they ingested.

Everyone is welcome to whatever paranoia and neuroses they crave, but let's be real clear on the scale of the problem.

- John
 
I saw the recall and shook my head. My son is 7 now and past his Thomas phase, but that doesn't change the fact that I have a box of engines, no longer played with, but well broken in.
 
Sh*t, just bought one of these for my son's birthday last Saturday.. he loves it 🙁

Thanks for letting us know Dan.
 
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