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Fisher-Price issued a recall for 83 types of toys - including the popular Big Bird, Elmo, Dora and Diego characters - because their paint contains excessive amounts of lead.
Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health effects. So far, there have been no incidents of illness reported in either the United States or Canada related to the recall.
In June, more than one million wooden Thomas the Tank Engine toys were recalled after it was discovered the Chinese factory that produces the toys started using lead in their paint in 2005.
At one time, parents could depend on toys bought from a reputable store and made by a reputable manufacturer. But some say that may no longer be true.
"What more can you do?, asked Susan Tomaszewski, the co-owner of Diaper-eez, a Toronto store that sells products, including toys, for infants and toddlers. "Sometime(s) the things you think are right turn out to be wrong."
The latest recall involves almost one million plastic preschool toys made by a Chinese vendor, and the latest in a wave of recalls that has heightened concern about the safety of Chinese-made products.
But it's the first recall for Fisher-Price Inc. and parent company Mattel Inc. involving lead paint. Mattel's last major recall was in 1998 for about 10 million Fisher-Price Power Wheels toys.
Noonan, 33, said she'll now think twice about the toys she buys.
"What the heck is going on with all these toys being manufactured in China? The standards must be different somehow then they are in North America," she said.
On Thursday, Health Minister Tony Clement pledged Canada would investigate the recall further.
"The fact of the matter is we do our jobs by setting in the standards. And what we have here is the standards are breached. So then we've got to play catch-up and make sure that it hasn't affected the health and safety of Canadians," he said while at the federal Conservative caucus in Charlottetown.
But the standards are largely voluntary, as toys can be imported and placed on Canadian store shelves without government testing.
Leslie Smith, a product safety officer with Health Canada, said toys in the marketplace are surveyed to make sure they comply with Canadian regulations.
"It's the responsibility of the manufacturers (and) importers to make sure their products comply," she said from her office in Toronto.
While toxic Thomases and unsafe Elmos may prompt consumers to buy Canadian, that may not be the answer.
Tomaszewski said people who boycott made-in-China toys face few options as many North American companies outsource their manufacturing to China. She said it isn't economically feasible to make toys in Canada or the U.S.
"(Canadian retailers) have to buy from a reputable source," she said, adding one of her distributors is a small Canadian company where the owner handpicks his toys in China.
She said when she buys toys from Canadian distributors she asks questions, such as 'What's the paint on it?' and 'How are the eyes sewn on?'
Parents should take the toy out of the box and look at the parts, read the instructions and ask the salespeople lots of questions, she said.
While parents can't test for lead in paint, Smith said parents are urged to follow age-appropriate indications on the label and look for any warnings on the product.
The toys involved in the recall were sold at mass merchants and toy stores across Canada from May through August 2007.
Mattel issued an apology Thursday and said the safety risk is considered low. But if there is evidence the child has chewed the paint, it is recommended that parents speak with their pediatrician.
For additional information, contact Fisher-Price at 1-800-916-4498, or visit the firm's Web site at
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