RECALL - Baby Einstein toy blocks due to lead
 

Disney recalls Baby Einstein toy blocks due to lead

02:57 PM CDT on Thursday, October 4, 2007

Bloomberg News

Walt Disney Co. has recalled Baby Einsten Discover & Play Color Blocks, model Nos. 30726 and 30881, made by Kids II Inc.

Walt Disney Co. recalled about 35,000 Baby Einstein toy blocks made in China because they are contaminated with lead paint.

Baby Einstein Discover & Play Color Blocks contain blue paint with excessive lead, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said today in a statement.

The action by Disney follows Mattel Inc.'s recall of about 21 million Chinese-made toys, including Barbie dolls, that contain too much lead. Disney said last month it was testing 65,000 toys featuring its characters. Those tests didn't include Baby Einstein products, said Nidia Tatalovich, a Disney consumer products spokeswoman.

"Moving forward all Baby Einstein products will be part of our voluntary safety compliance process," Tatalovich said in an interview. "We are in complete cooperation" with the recall.

The soft-textured blocks were manufactured by Alpharetta, Georgia-based Kids II Inc. Tamara Jacobs, an outside spokeswoman for Kids II, didn't immediately return a call seeking comment.

About 80 percent of Disney toys are made in China. Tatalovich said she didn't know whether the blocks, sold for $10 to $13 at U.S. retailers from June to September, would be discontinued.

Disney rose 20 cents to $34.92 at 2:24 p.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares had gained 2.7 percent this year before today

This is getting ridiculous! Its like every toy out there has lead in it now.

when I went shopping for my nephews bday I couldn't find anything NOT made in china. I finally just got him some art supplies. Some of crayola's stuff is made in China, but I just made sure I got packs of stuff made in USA. The only other thing I found NOT made in china was a Magna Doodle made in Mexico so I got him that too.

Thank you for posting that. I just forwarded it to my daughter who's
children have everything Disney has to offfer!

This is really getting ridiculous. You think there would be a way we could put sanctions on them, until they clean up their act.