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Zhang Shuhong ( Chinese: 张树鸿, 1957 – 11 August 2007) was a Chinese businessman and factory owner. Zhang committed suicide after toys made at his factory for Fisher-Price (a division of Mattel) were found to contain lead paint. [1]
In August 2007, millions of Chinese exported toys made by Mattel were recalled due to overdoses of lead paint. Such products include dolls, action figures, diecast cars, and Fisher Price products. Bindeez. In November 2007, the Australian-distributed toy known there as Bindeez was voluntarily recalled.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) banned lead paint in 1977 in residential properties and public buildings (16 CFR 1303), along with toys and furniture containing lead paint. The cited reason was "to reduce the risk of lead poisoning in children who may ingest paint chips or peelings". [ 33 ]
Although lead paint remains the number one source of lead contamination for children, sources vary widely, from older homes, water pipes, and antique toys to some imported toys, jewelry, and ...
Lead was often mixed into oil-based paints before 1978, the year lead paint was banned for residential use in the U.S. Over time, oil-based paints will crack in a distinctive alligator scale-like ...
Toymaker Schylling Associates, which makes classic toys including many with the Curious George and Thomas & Friends brands, was accused of knowingly selling tens of thousands of its products that ...
The District of Columbia defines "lead-based paint" as any "paint, surface coating that contains lead equal to or exceeding 0.7 milligram per square centimeter (0.7 mg/cm2) or 0.5% by weight." [ 9] This is more stringent than the HUD lead-based paint standard of 1.0 mg/cm2) . Some states have adopted this or similar definitions of "lead-based ...
Mattel (MAT) agreed to pay a $2.3 million fine to the Consumer Product Safety Commission for selling toys with excessive levels of lead paint. The toys were made in China and Mattel's recall of 21 ...