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It’s Halloween: U.S. Warns On Toxic TeethWASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (AP) — The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a late recall on Wednesday, warning shoppers that fake Halloween teeth sold by the tens of thousands over the last year contained excessive amounts of lead. The $2 packages, marketed as Ugly Teeth, were the latest in a long line of Chinese-made toys and novelty items recalled because of lead content. The commission announced the recall on Halloween, in a late-morning press release. The agency said that since January 2006, retailers had sold about 43,000 eight-piece packages of the party favors. There were no immediate reports of illness. Amscan of Elmsford, N.Y., imported the fake teeth. A message left with the company was not immediately returned. A spokesman for the commission, Scott Wolfson, declined to say when it learned of the potential risk other than that it took “a matter of days” to negotiate the recall. CBS News reported Monday that a chemistry professor at Ashland University in Ohio had tipped off the consumer agency about the joke teeth after testing a variety of Halloween items for lead content. Paint on the teeth contained 100 times the allowable level of lead, according to CBS. The Consumer Product Safety Commission also announced Wednesday that Toys “R” Us had recalled about 16,000 Chinese-made Elite Operations toys because of lead contamination. The military-style toys are being recalled because their surface paints contain excessive levels of lead, which can be toxic for young children. Under current regulations, children’s products found to have more than 0.06 percent lead accessible to users are subject to recall. Wednesday’s recall included four Elite Operations toy sets: the Command Patrol Center, the Barracuda Helicopter, the Super Rigs set and a three-pack of eight-inch figures. No other Elite Operations toys are included in the recall. The toys were sold at Toys “R” Us stores around the country and on toysrus.com from July to October. This was the second recall of lead-tainted children’s products by Toys “R” Us in October. On Oct. 4, the company recalled about 15,000 room décor sets because surface paint on the back of the decorating kits’ mirrors contained high levels of lead. Tag CloudExternal InformationAdditional InformationIn Reversal, Fed Approves Plan to Curb Risky Lending...A PC That Uses Less Energy, but Charges a Monthly Fee... Alliance & Leicester profits drop by almost third... Poor service tops bank users’ hit list... Where Am I?News Main Page - Business - It’s Halloween: U.S. Warns On Toxic Teeth |
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