Mattel does the math after its latest recall
Last month in this space, we took some not-so-good-natured swipes at Mattel, which was facing its second major toy recall of the summer. Today, the company announced its third such recall, pulling back nearly 844,000 Chinese-manufactured toys that contain excessive levels of lead paint. During the last recall, Mattel took out full-page “Trust us” ads, and its embattled CEO Robert Eckert appeared in a not-so-reassuring online video. No sign of Bob today. The company says no actual Barbie dolls made the hazard list (thank God!), though some of her accessories did. Several years back, Mattel’s Talking Barbie complained that “Math is tough.” Could she count to 844,000, I wonder?
—Posted by David Gianatasio
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Have you ever seen antique toys from 100 years ago? They were coated, covered, slathered in lead paint. Houses were painted, inside and out, with lead paint. Water flowed through lead pipes. How did society survive when children were exposed to massive amounts of lead paint?
Posted by: Tdave | Sep 7, 2007 3:19:30 AM
thats really very good to pull back all the toys which have large amounts of lead coating...
cheers,
suma valluru
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Posted by: suma valluru | Sep 19, 2007 5:18:13 AM
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