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“I was thinking do I toss everything? But that doesn't make good sense”

By Ken Amaro First Coast News JACKSONVILLE,FL -- Toys are suppose to bring joy, but these days they are bringing Parents and Grandparents a lot of anxiety. via WJXX

“Disguising reporters to threaten and intimidate others to collect money is cheating and very dangerous to society”

Agence France Presse HONG KONG - The Chinese factory charged with making toys containing toxic substances is still making new products despite a government ban on its exports, a report said Monday. via ABS-CBN News

“He climbed to get them and got them down and ate some and came stumbling out in the living room and was kind of weaving around and fell down and his dad went to pick him up and he was completely limp”

The mother of a Jacksonville toddler who ate Aqua Dots toy beads describes the horrifying moments when her son got dangerously ill. via FOX16.com

“Through the successful implementation of this Plan, our financial performance will measure up to the potential of our company.”

MONTREAL, Nov. 9 /CNW Telbec/ - MEGA Brands Inc. announced today its third quarter 2007 financial results and a Value Enhancement Plan to drive improved financial performance. via Canada NewsWire

“So far I haven't been looking for toys, but when I do, yes, I will be concerned about. I probably will avoid them because it's been in the press so much”

Besides the high cost of gas and utilities, recalls may affect holiday shoppers this year. via KTVO Kirksville

Care for some antifreeze in your toothpaste? How about some lead in your child's toys? A little E. coli with that hamburger? Any way one phrases it, the seemingly unending stream of dangerous product and recall ... via Port Clinton News Herald

Posted November 9th, 2007 at 11:48 PM by Robert Nelson Section: Home A/V , Audio / Video Coby and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission have just recalled 12,000 portable DVD players. via Gadgetell

“I'm not angry with toy companies but something has to be done to make safety a top priority”

Millions of parents are nervous about buying their kids toys for Christmas as recalls become more frequent and increasingly bizarre. via CNN

The housing of the power adaptor can separate, posing an electric shock hazard to consumers. via Kansas City InfoZine

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Coby Electronics Corp., announced a voluntary recall of 12,000 Portable DVD/CD/MP3 Players. via WFMY 2 Greensboro

“It seems like everything is made in China.”

The Christmas lists of children around the world shrunk a little after one of this year's hot holiday toys was pulled from store shelves this week. via Hampton Roads Daily Press

Traffic cops too disinterested to enforce the law aren't much use in preventing accidents and saving lives. via The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“The child is in a serious but stable condition”

THE Bindeez toy scare has spread to North America with two children there falling ill after swallowing beads containing a chemical the body converts into the illegal party drug fantasy. via News.com.au

Bassett Furniture Industries Inc is recalling about 8,900 Chinese-made baby cribs because the bolts can loosen, posing an entrapment and strangulation hazard, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on ... via Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 380,000 Chinese-made toy cars sold at Dollar General retail stores are being recalled because their paint contains unsafe levels of lead, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Wednesday.

The pull-and-release toy cars were sold from April through October this year for about $1 per pack of two or four cars, the safety agency said in a statement.

Consumers should return the toy cars to any Dollar General store for a refund, it said.

Dollar General was acquired in July 2007 by an investment group that included affiliates of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, GS Capital Partners and Citi Private Equity. Read more

The following recall has been announced:

_ About 185,000 packaged terminal air conditioners and heat pumps, manufactured in Mexico by Carrier Corp., because an electric heater in the unit can break, posing a fire hazard to consumers. Carrier has received five reports of electric heater failures, resulting in fires contained to the unit, and no reports of injuries. The products were sold at heating, ventilation and air conditioning dealers and factory-direct sales from January 2002 through December 2006. Details: by phone at 800-761-8492; by Web at http://www.carrierptacrecall.com or http://www.cpsc.gov. Read more

Another big toy recall. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says more than 405,000 children's products made in China -- most of them toy cars -- are being recalled for containing dangerous levels of lead. via WANE-TV Fort Wayne

Toys R Us in Canada has removed a popular Chinese-made children's toy from store shelves as a precautionary measure. via 900 CHML AM

Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards is calling for the resignation Nancy Nord, the acting head of the nation's Consumer Product Safety Commission, saying the Bush administration has failed to protect ... via Guardian Unlimited

This undated handout photo provided by the Consumer Product Safety Commission shows a Fisher-Price kitchen toy. via Herald & Review