Posted on 09/02/2007 3:09:06 AM PDT by Daffynition
OTTAWA — Another children's product made in China has been added to the growing list of recalls over concerns about lead, making it the fourth such recall in less than one month.
Health Canada has recalled Favor Set children's pencils because the coating contains high amounts of lead, just two days after another children's product was recalled due to similar concerns.
Amscan Canada is voluntarily recalling 140,000 units of all 16 models of the pencils.
The company and Health Canada advise that Favor Set pencils purchased since January should immediately be taken away from children.
There is no risk of lead exposure from holding a pencil with a coating that contains lead, only from sucking or chewing on a pencil.
Health Canada has not received any reports of incidents or injuries from use of these pencils.
Several other children's toys made in China have been recalled recently because of high amounts of lead -- including 27,000 crayon and paint sets recalled by Toys "R'' Us Inc. just two days ago.
Imaginarium Wooden Coloring Cases were recalled because the packaging of the wooden box contains lead, as does some of the watercolour paint.
On Aug. 17, Toys "R'' Us said it was removing all vinyl baby bibs from its Toys "R'' Us and Babies "R'' Us stores as a precaution, after two bibs made in China for one supplier showed lead levels that exceeded the company's standards.
Just three days earlier, on Aug. 14, toy giant Mattel recalled 32,800 "Sarge'' character die-cast vehicles from the "CARS'' line in Canada, sold from May to August 2007, because of excessive amounts of lead in the paint.
Under the Hazardous Products Act, pencils with more than 600 mg/kg of lead in the applied coating are prohibited from being sold, imported or advertised in Canada.
Health Canada is developing a "lead risk reduction strategy'' to control lead levels in consumer products to which children may be exposed. It proposes to regulate, under the Hazardous Products Act, the lead content of such products.
The Favor Set pencil models sold since January 2007 included in this recall are:
probably was an inferior pencil anyway.
So I guess it’s “a good thing” if there’s no lead in my pencil?
I don’t think so.
But then, don’t ask my ex.
Most of the world should be seriously thinking about the possibility of boycotting the ‘08 Summer Olympics in Beijing mostly for China’s continued problems with poisons and toxic materials in many of their products that they continue to distribute all over the world. Many people and animals continue to be harmed to killed all over the world as well as within China by such products. This still doesn’t even include the continued human rights violations that are still happening within China including those which actor Richard Gere keeps bringing up.
Technically, there’s no lead in a pencil ...it’s graphite [carbon.] Now as far as your other ... oh ............ never mind...............;-D
A year or so ago, we imported a couple pallets of pencils for a one off thing for a function. They came out of India. The cost was 1/11th of a penny per pencil.
I still can’t figure out how you can buy raw materials and make a pencil(no eraser though) for 1/11th of a penny.
Now I know, they probably made from Toxic waste.
They were all warped and crappy(didn’t write dark enough) so we ended up dumping them.
LOL, thanks for you kindness.
I can always tell when I get those kind of pencils, tips break, they misspell, can’t do math correctly and the erasers are greasy
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