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:
“If I went down the shelves of Wal-Mart and […]
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Open Letter to Mattel CEO Robert Eckert
Dear Mr. Eckert,
I am the mother of a two-and-a-half year old who loves Dora, Diego and Elmo. We have several of the items from the list of recently recalled Fisher-Price toys in our home at this very moment, although they were purchased before May 2007 and thus are not subject to the recall (but they are […]
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Mattel’s Image Tarnished by Lead Paint
Just days after the New York Times ran a story about Mattel, the world’s largest toy company, setting the “gold standard” for manufacturing in China, Mattel announced the recall of nearly a million toys due to the presence of lead paint. The recall included 83 different products made under the Fisher-Price name and based on popular Sesame Street […]
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Next Time Let’s Sting the Food & Drug Counterfeiters
Today the New York Times reported that a joint sting operation by the FBI and the Chinese government has led to the bust of a sophisticated software piracy outfit in China. Hundreds of millions of dollars in counterfeit Microsoft software were seized and 25 people were arrested.
David Finn, an associate general counsel at Microsoft, credits […]
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Get Your Mojo Working
At its core this blog is about where the responsibility for safety lies. It lies with the federal government and the agencies designed to protect us from dangers we are not individually equipped to protect ourselves from. It lies with companies who provide goods — they must be held to a high standard and do the right thing for their customers. And […]
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You Get What You Pay For
In the midst of a slew of stories of product recalls and dangerous goods coming from China, USA Today reports that China’s trade surplus is at an all time high. The imports are pouring in faster than ever and the safety checks are not keeping pace, yet we continue to buy. And the reason, naturally, is […]
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