ANN ARBOR, Mich. (UPI) -- Michigan's Ecology Center announced Tuesday the results of safety tests performed on 22 children's toys, including a Fisher Price toy found to contain lead.
The center, which performed the tests alongside the Washington Toxics Coalition, used an X-Ray Fluorescence analyzer to test the toys for chemicals including lead, cadmium, arsenic and chlorine, the Ecology Center and Washington Toxics Coalition reported Tuesday on HealthyToys.org.
The tests found a plastic cuff sold with the Fisher Price Medical Kit contains more than five times the amount of lead paint required for a recall. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan had the items pulled from Illinois shelves but the toy is still sold in other parts of the United States.
The Web site also said 13 of the 22 toys tested, including American Girl Dolls and Lincoln Logs, were found to be made with PVC plastic, which may contain phthalates. The chemicals have been linked to birth defects of the genitals and altered reproductive hormone levels in infant boys.
Copyright 2007 by United Press International
This news arrived on: 12/18/2007
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