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Toys, Jewelry Recalled Over Lead

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By CHRISTINE SIMMONS, The Associated Press

Published: September 27, 2007

WASHINGTON - Toys and children's necklaces made in China were recalled Wednesday, including five more items from the popular Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway product line, because they contain dangerous levels of lead.

RC2 Corp.'s 'Knights of the Sword' series toys and some of its Thomas & Friends items, along with floor puppet theaters and gardening tools and chairs for children, were among the more than 601,000 toys and children's jewelry items announced in the recall by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

The recalled toys contain high levels of lead in their surface paint, and the necklaces and jewelry sets contain excessive lead in some of their metal parts.

The government warned parents to make sure children are not playing with or using any of the recalled products.

This is the second recall from the Thomas & Friends product line after RC2 Corp. announced a recall of 1.5 million wooden railway toys on June 13.

The company is recalling five items, about 200,000 toys in all, of Thomas & Friends toys not included in the first recall.

Julie Vallese, a safety commission spokeswoman, said Wednesday's recalls were a result of pressure from its agency and the toy industry's own initiative.

The safety commission announced seven recalls in all.

Target, the importer of Happy Giddy gardening tools and children's Sunny Patch chairs, recalled about 350,000 items of the products. The children's gardening tools and chairs, made by Starite International, were sold from August 2006 to August.

For information on the recalls, go to www.cpsc.gov.

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