US recalls more Chinese-made toys; lead paint mars bobble heads

0 Comments | AFP, October, 2007

WASHINGTON (AFP) — The US government Thursday issued a flurry of product-safety recalls affecting hundreds of thousands of Chinese-made children's toys and jewelry amid fresh concerns about lead paint.

The latest recall notices, issued by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, follow mass recalls of Chinese-made toys earlier this year. The world's biggest toy maker, Mattel, has been particularly hard hit by the recalls.

The government said it was recalling 142,000 toy buckets decorated in a Halloween theme that have been sold by Family Dollar stores across the country.

Officials said paint on the buckets contained excessive levels of lead. The United States banned lead paint from being used to color toys on health grounds in 1978.

The agency also...