Comments on: Wal-Mart Reviewing Lab Results Of Lead, Toxins Found In Pet Toys

By: W

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 04:55:59 +0000

Not cool to poison children.

There’s lots of toy recalls and other recalls due to lead paint - particularly children’s costume jewelry.

I now get automatic email alerts whenever there’s new recalls from www.leadtoyrecalls.com

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:02:05 +0000

There is no acceptable reason for any heavy metal contamination in any products - used by children or not.

Why are poison laced products being allowed to enter the US?

By: Carol

Carol — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:32:40 +0000

After reading the article Mrs P references, one thing is crystal clear to me. No one is taking this seriouly. When one of the interview is able to leave a hearing with lawmakers and this is made fun of—they all should be fired.

By: Pukanuba

Pukanuba — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:02:24 +0000

That broad (Nord) is a real dipsy-doodle. Reading that makes me want to slap her face every time she said “You’ll have to ask the Chinese”. What a pompous ass…..then again, all the heads of these agencies appear to have graduated from the pompous ass academy!

By: mya

mya — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:08:54 +0000

something else you might want to check are the bowls your pets eat and drink out of. if they are from china and painted its probably toxic. also check your own dishes.

By: Merlin Marshall

Merlin Marshall — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:48:42 +0000

How long before Wal-mart sweeps this under the rug? About as long as it takes to pay someone enough to say it ain’t so.

I never buy anything from Wal-mart, and like Nell said, if we stop buying stuff from China the problem will solve itself. I understand that many people are on tight budgets and need to get stuff cheap, but maybe buying less and paying a bit more for nonChina stuff would be the answer. For all of those folks out there who can afford to pay more but don’t just to get something CHEAP, shame on you, you’ve run US business out of business.

By: Trudy Jackson

Trudy Jackson — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:27:45 +0000

Wal Marts stocks are a little down. Let’s make them a Lot down. And all things made in China go down. No money from Me.
Nord sounds like a nut case.
And i’m with Mrs.P, I’m so sick of paying taxes for all these people who don’t do anything, and We don’t need them or want them.

By: thomas

thomas — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:15:33 +0000

IMHO Nord should be fired . Another corporate person whose only objective is to protect the corporation. She is anpother example of the incompetency of the Bush administration! Also be aware many companies have changed their labels from saying made in China to saying distributed by.

By: Mrs. P.

Mrs. P. — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:01:26 +0000

Anon,
I sometimes wonder why we pay tax dollars to support these organization when all they say is that. They aren’t helping us. Personally, I don’t want to pay the salaries of morons like Nancy Nord. Snide little witch with a capital B.

By: Nell Liquorman

Nell Liquorman — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:01:21 +0000

We are hearing about more and more troublesome products from Communist China. If everyone does not take a stand - that is stop buying them, then they are part of the problem. A few months of not selling these products will be a wake up call for the sellers. Make your voice heard about how you feel about imported products. Demand Made In The USA.

You have a right to safe products for your pets and for yourselves. All these problems are the tip of the iceberg of poisons! Even one voice will be heard if it is loud enough!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:55:53 +0000

RE:
“Mrs.P
CPSC is a scary organization. Read about the brainiac currently in charge of it.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..ailarticle
Another industry cheerleader!”

That is ONE SCARY article. The agency is basically saying “F#&K YOU ALL”.

And these are the people that are in charge of consumer safety…Heaven help us all!!!

By: Mrs. P.

Mrs. P. — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:39:16 +0000

CPSC is a scary organization. Read about the brainiac currently in charge of it.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/.....ailarticle
Another industry cheerleader!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:31:18 +0000

From the article on consumeraffairs.com:

We also shared the labâ€™s findings with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). A spokeswoman said the FDA does not regulate toys for pets, and she is not aware of any governmental agency with regulatory power over these products.

What about the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)?

â€œAlthough itâ€™s not in the fine print, the CPSC will regulate pet toys as they assume those toys would come in contact with children,â€ according to a spokeswoman for the American Pet Product Manufacturers Association (APPMA).

So once children or adults start getting sick or dying, the powers that be will take an interest in the safety issue. Just @#$ GREAT!!!

By: Pukanuba

Pukanuba — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:18:45 +0000

“ConsumerAffairs.com contacted the FDA regarding the labâ€™s results, but the FDA does not regulate toys for pets. The FDA spokeswoman said she was unaware of any governmental agency with regulatory power over pet toys.”

This really doesn’t surprise me. However, even if this were their responsibility, they’d do about as much as they’re doing right now. Nada, zilch, zero! This is their specialty……

By: Rocky

Rocky — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:08:05 +0000

Wallmart,

You might want to check your China made rubber gloves. I used a pair recently and my hands broke out. I’m not allergic to latex, or anything else that I know of.

It’s sort of like the burns on this lady’s feet, only not as severe.

http://www.consumerist.com/con.....298888.php

Did you have the flip-flops tested? What was wrong with them?

Tried to call the store, but no one was interested.

So I’m afraid that all of your merchandise that is made from “rubbery” material may be tainted - gloves, flip-flops, dog toys, all of it.

You guys need to have some serious product analysis done because the problem may not only be due to paint on the surface of your products.