Posts Tagged ‘lead’
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California Orders Products Off Shelves for Excessive Lead
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
California Attorney General Jerry Brown has ordered Target, Wal-Mart, Walgreens, TJ Maxx, and other retailers to pull products from their shelves after the state said it found illegal amounts of lead in items. Brown said that seven toys and other products tested by the Center for Environmental Health were found to have more than the maximum lead amount of 300 parts per million (ppm) allowed by California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act.
Tags: lead, Toys
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This post was written by Elizabeth A. Reid
Retailers to Settle Lead Lawsuit
Friday, November 6th, 2009
Target Corp., Toys “R” Us, Inc., and Kmart have agreed to pay $454,000 in penalties to settle a lead claim. The three retailers, along with other manufacturers, were sued in November 2007 after they sold or made toys with excessive amounts of lead, which violated federal toy safety standards.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Target will pay $210,000, Toys “R” Us will pay $175,000, and Kmart will pay $69,000.
Tags: Kmart, lead, Target, Toys R Us
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