Marvel recalls four styles of Curious George...

[pinto]

:think:

Marvel Entertainment recalls four styles of Curious George dolls
Thu Nov 8, 2007 8:39am EST

(Reuters) - Marvel Entertainment Inc said it is voluntarily recalling four styles of a plush Curious George doll that showed total lead levels in surface coatings in excess of the federal limit.

The company, which licenses comic-book characters, said about 110,000 units sold to the public since the items were introduced in 2005 are affected by the recall.

There have been no reports of illness or injury related to any of the recalled toys, it added.

(Reporting by Manish Gupta in Bangalore)

[Whoa_Nelly]

1. link

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSWNAS143420071108?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=22&sp=true

And another link with a pic:
http://www.ktvu.com/news/14314520/detail.html

How to test for lead:
(with the holidays coming up, not a bad idea before giving a gift to a child, and perhaps even adults when giving items such as dinnerware, or anything that made in China that has paint or glaze applied to it)

http://www.cehca.org/test-for-lead/

[soothsayer]

2. How do you get lead in plush dolls? their hard little faces or sometihng?

[Ian David]

3. My daughter is already upset that we have to get rid of her AquaDots.

And now, Curious George?

Thanks, Nanchy Nohrd!