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Mattel To Pay $12 Million In Settlement Over Lead

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The Associated Press

Published: December 16, 2008

NEW YORK - Florida is receiving $587,000 as part of a multistate settlement with toy maker Mattel and subsidiary Fisher-Price.
Mattel will pay $12 million to 39 states to settle an investigation over Chinese-made lead-tainted toys shipped to the United States in 2007, state officials said Monday.
Mattel and its Fisher-Price unit recalled more than 21 million Chinese-made toys last year, beginning in August, fearing the items were tainted with lead paint and tiny magnets that children could accidentally swallow.

All the affected toys were pulled off shelves by December 2007.

As part of the agreement, Mattel also agreed to lower the acceptable level of lead in toys shipped to the states to 90 parts per million, down from 600 parts per million, which is currently the federal standard.

When new regulations go into place next year, however, the federal standard will also fall to 90 parts per million.

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