A note to all the parents out there, there's been a recall on some products by Thomas the Tank Engine due to lead poisoning. If you haven't already, take the toys away from your kid and check the labels. For more info:
The toy maker [A title="RC2 Corporation" href="vny!://www.nytimes.com/mem/MWredirect.html?MW=vny!://custom.marketwatch.com/custom/nyt-com/html-companyprofile.asp&symb=RCRC"][FONT color=#004276]RC2 Corporation[/FONT][/A] pulled a number of its Thomas & Friends trains and accessory parts off the shelves yesterday after learning that the red and yellow paint used to decorate more than 1.5 million of the toys contained lead. Lead, if ingested by children, can cause long-term neurological problems that affect learning and behavior.
"Parents should not delay in getting these toys away from their kids," Scott Wolfson, spokesman for the [A title="More articles about Consumer Product Safety Commission" href="vny!://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/c/consumer_product_safety_commission/index.html?inline=nyt-org"][FONT color=#004276]Consumer Product Safety Commission[/FONT][/A], said yesterday.
An alert posted at a Web site devoted to the toy line, [A href="vny!://www.totallythomas.com/" target=_][FONT color=#004276]www.totallythomas.com[/FONT][/A], included a list of more than two dozen items affected by the recall. The company noted that toys that bear a code containing a "WJ" or "AZ" on the bottom of the toy or the inside of the battery door are not included in the recall.
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