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NEWS from CPSCU.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public AffairsWashington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 7, 2009
Release # 09-264 CPSC Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908 Nine Companies Penalized for Selling Children抯 Products that Violated the Federal Lead Paint Ban
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that nine children抯 product manufacturers, importers and sellers have agreed to pay more than $500,000 in civil penalties for violating the federal lead paint ban.
The penalties settle allegations that the firms knowingly manufactured, imported, or sold toys and other children抯 articles with paint or other surface coatings that contained lead levels in violation of federal law. The settlements have been provisionally accepted by the Commission.
These products were recalled in 2007 and 2008, and include items such as toys, children抯 metal jewelry, children抯 pens, metal water bottles, pencil pouches, sunglasses and children抯 Halloween pails and baskets. Tests showed that paint or surface coatings on these children抯 products contained lead in excess of 600 ppm, or 0.06 percent, by weight. One firm抯 testing revealed that its products contained surface coatings with nearly 60 percent lead. In 1978, a federal ban was put in place which prohibited toys and other children抯 articles from having more than 0.06 percent lead (by weight) in paints or surface coatings. Lead can be toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health consequences.
CPSC has ordered the following firms to pay civil penalties to the federal government:
Cardinal Distributing Co. Inc., of Baltimore, Md., $100,000 Recall: #07-157 Settlment Agreement (pdf)
Dollar General Corp., of Goodlettsville, Tenn., $100,000 Recalls: 08-007, #08-068, #08-080 Settlment Agreement (pdf)
Family Dollar Stores Inc., of Matthews, N.C., $75,000 Recall: #08-051 Settlment Agreement (pdf)
Hobby Lobby Stores Inc., of Oklahoma City, Okla., $50,000 Recalls: #08-084, #08-229 Settlment Agreement (pdf)
First Learning Company Ltd., of Hong Kong, $50,000 Recalls: #08-141, #08-174 Settlment Agreement (pdf)
Michaels Stores Inc., of Irving, Texas, $45,000 Recall: #08-248 Settlment Agreement (pdf)
A&A Global Industries Inc., of Cockeysville, Md., $40,000 Recall: #07-144 Settlment Agreement (pdf)
Raymond Geddes & Co, of Baltimore, Md., $40,000 Recall: #08-096 Settlment Agreement (pdf)
Downeast Concepts Inc., of Yarmouth, Maine, $30,000 Recall: #08-231 Settlment Agreement (pdf)
In agreeing to settle the matters, the firms deny CPSC抯 allegations that they knowingly violated the law.
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Cardinal Distributing Co. Inc. Jewelry
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Dollar General Toy Cars
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Family Dollar Halloween Pails
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Hobby Lobby Halloween Baskets
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First Learning Co. Ltd. Blocks Wagon
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Michael抯 Stores Writing Pens
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A&A Global Industries Children抯 Bracelets
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Raymond Geddes Children抯 Pencil Pouches
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Downeast Concepts Metal Water Bottles
CPSC is still interested in receiving incident or injury reports that are either directly related to this product recall or involve a different hazard with the same product. Please tell us about it by visiting https://www.cpsc.gov/cgibin/incident.aspx
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To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, call CPSC's Hotline at (800) 638-2772 or CPSC's teletypewriter at (800) 638-8270. To join a CPSC e-mail subscription list, please go to https://www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.aspx. Consumers can obtain recall and general safety information by logging on to CPSC's Web site at www.cpsc.gov.
Downeast Concepts Metal Water Bottles
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