More toys with lead-contaminated paint will be recalled in the coming weeks, a source with knowledge of the announcements said Wednesday, CNN.com reports.
The House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection has posted letters from retailers on its Web site that name toys the companies found contain a hazardous amount of lead. The toys have not been recalled yet and may be on store shelves.
Target spokeswoman Amy Von Walter said she told the subcommittee her company had voluntarily recalled 1,854 Sunny Patch Safari Children’s Chair toys on August 30. She said Target had discovered the toys’ paint contained more than 30 times the amount of lead allowed by U.S. law.
A formal recall order has not been issued, Von Walter said, but Target is working with the Consumer Product Safety Commission to that end.
The House panel requested similar information from 19 toy companies that had sold toys found to contain illegal levels of lead — including Mattel, Target, Dollar General, and Tween Brands.
A two-day hearing on child protection and toy safety began Wednesday with the testimony of officials from the safety commission — acting Chairman Nancy Nord and Commissioner Thomas Moore — and Mattel CEO Bob Eckert.
Mattel told the congressional investigators that some of the 1.5 million recalled toys contained nearly 200 times the legal amount of lead, according to documents obtained by CNN.
