Concern over toys affects DR

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An international product recall by Mattel and Fisher-Price also covers the DR, where many of the affected products are on sale. Earlier this week Mattel's Fisher Price division issued a recall of 1.5 million toys containing lead in paint. The toys are painted by a contractor in China and CNN reports that this latest recall has added to increased US concern about the safety of Chinese products. Listin writes that this is the second major recall of the year, the 17th in the last ten years, and will include 83 products that were made between 19 April and 6 July. The toys include Elmo, Big Bird, Sesame Street, Dora the Explorer and Diego, among others. This recall is not the first problem the US has had with Chinese products. In May the "Mr. Cool" brand of toothpastes, which was produced in China, was recalled because of high levels of a toxic chemical that resulted in the death of some users. Today's Listin Diario reports that Florida's attorney general Bill McCollum has joined other US attorney generals' warning the public about low quality Chinese tires manufactured between 2002 and 2006. The tires, for use on SUVs and small trucks, have been declared hazardous and McCollum warns that 450,000 of these tires don't meet minimum safety requirements.
See www.cpsc.gov (http://www.cpsc.gov) and http://service.mattel.com/us/recall/39054_IVR.asp (http://service.mattel.com/us/recall/39054_IVR.asp?prod=)

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