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Find recalled products

February 2, 2009

Parents.com has an easy-to search database of toys and other products that have been recalled as dangerous. You can search for specific toys, categories of toys, and find lists of important recalls for 2008. Toy and Product Recall Finder | Parents.com

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Bush may “fix” the Chinese toy problem by hiring Gail Charnley, who will probably just reassure us that the problem does not exist

January 28, 2008

Gail Charnley is a toxicologist and biochemist, and the head of HealthRisk Strategies, a consulting firm that specializes in risk assessment (apparently for producers of toxic substances). According to the Washington Post, she has opposed stricter emission standards for power plants. She also shilled for the pesticide industry without disclosing a serious conflict of interest–the [...]

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Christmas cancelled: China revokes over 750 export licenses

November 3, 2007

Chinese officials have revoked the export licenses of more than a third of its toy factories. With all these toy recalls and lead scares, it’ll be amazing if the holidays don’t get postponed this year. [via Consumerist]

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