Speak Out Against Unsafe Imports

The government is seeking input from American consumers on the issue of dangerous imports.   A press release on WebWire states:
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Boycott Mattel

Mattel CEO Robert Eckert made the rounds of morning news shows after the first major Mattel recall of the summer basically saying “mistakes were made,” and clearly consumers were not going to hold a little lead paint against him.  Mattel’s stock (MAT) barely reacted.  (Note the major cultural difference between Eckert’s very typical American publicly-repent-and-all-shall-be-forgiven PR tactic […]

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Mattel’s Robert Eckert Plays By His Own Rules

Oh, Mattel.  I held such high hopes for you.  You seemed so different from the other toymakers.  Maybe I bought into the hype of Mattel setting the gold standard for doing business in China.  Maybe it simply stems from my childhood love of all things Barbie.  Either way, CEO Robert Eckert’s attitude toward product safety tears […]

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Get the Lead Out

Dangerous levels of lead have been discovered in vinyl baby bibs — first by an Illinois grandmother and then by the Center for Environmental Health, which found levels as high as three times the allowed amount.  The New York Times also hired a laboratory to conduct tests which yielded similar results.  According to the article, the CPSC had the following […]

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Can Mattel Lead the Way to Safety?

Mattel is recalling some 19 million additional toys, some due to lead contamination and most because of dangerous magnets.   Again, experts in the industry note that Mattel sets the gold standard for safety in toy production…so what does that mean for everyone else?  According to the New York Times:
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More Deadly Magnetic Toys

More than a year after the first recall of Magnetix toys which came about as the result of the death of 22-month old Kenny Sweet of Washington and serious internal injuries to dozens of other children, Mag Stix toys were (and probably still are at this writing) available on store shelves.  Mag Stix are very similar to Magnetix in concept […]

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