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Official: China knew about magnets
CNN ^ | 08/14/07

Posted on 08/14/2007 11:31:18 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

Official: China knew about magnets

BEIJING, China (Reuters) -- China knew about problems with magnets on toys as long ago as March, an industry official said on Wednesday, following a second massive recall of Chinese-made Mattel toys due to hazards from small, powerful magnets.

Mattel's Barbie and Tanner doll set is one of the products being recalled.

1 of 2 Mattel Inc. the largest U.S. toy company, recalled millions more Chinese-made toys on Tuesday due to hazards from the magnets and lead paint, and warned it may recall additional products as it steps up testing.

"We knew about the situation, because since March some toys had been recalled due to magnetic-parts problems," an official with the China Toy Association, who declined to be identified, told Reuters.

She did not elaborate on why it had taken so long for something to be done.

The new recall involves about 18.2 million magnetic toys globally, including 9.5 million in the United States.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; chineseimports; cool; magnet; magnets; mattel; tlr; toxicchina; toys
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1 posted on 08/14/2007 11:31:21 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster; maui_hawaii; tallhappy; Dr. Marten; Jeff Head; Tainan; hedgetrimmer; ...

Ping!


2 posted on 08/14/2007 11:31:59 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
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I’m confused. What was to be done regarding the magnets? Of course you know about a situation when a recall has been enacted. It’s not the manufacturer but the importers responsibility. Also the items when used properly do what they do. YOU DO NOT EAT MAGNETS!
3 posted on 08/14/2007 11:37:29 PM PDT by endthematrix (He was shouting 'Allah!' but I didn't hear that. It just sounded like a lot of crap to me.)
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To: endthematrix
It was some doll that did poo made of metal and there was some magnet involved.
The fear was that if some kid ate the magnet along with any of the metal, there could be intestinal complications.

Also lots of Chinese toys with lead paint.

4 posted on 08/14/2007 11:40:29 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: endthematrix
Actually I wonder about this magnet issue. What is it all about? I can understand what the lead paint does.
5 posted on 08/14/2007 11:41:59 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

>>China knew about magnets<<

And, China knew about lead in paint, poison in toothpaste, and deadly ingredients in pet food....

How much more will we take? (To save a couple dollars?)

Any label that states, “Totally Grown, Fed, Manufactured, Produced, Packaged, Assembled and Made in USA” is what I will buy.

(Not one that says, “Distributed in the USA”, which means the country of origin is being deliberately hidden)


6 posted on 08/14/2007 11:46:54 PM PDT by yorkie
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To: TigerLikesRooster

There are some strong acids in your sromach t hat can corrode many metals and cause them to eenter you blood stream.


7 posted on 08/14/2007 11:49:19 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: TigerLikesRooster
The magnets fell off the toy. The kid was holding them in her mouth while using her hands apparently trying to put it back together and she swallowed them...

The magnets found each other in her intestines and clamped together with tissue in between. It punctured her intestines and it almost killed her...

So that’s the deal with magnets in kids toys...

8 posted on 08/14/2007 11:50:15 PM PDT by DB
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To: DB
I see. Thanks for your explanation.:-)
9 posted on 08/14/2007 11:53:22 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

What possible legitimate reason could there be to deny consumers information about foreign content or manufacture?

If China is synonymous with slave labor, international aggressiveness, army-owned businesses, shoddy workmanship, hazardous products and contamination, that is the problem. The MADE IN CHINA label is not the problem.

That problem cannot be solved by eliminating the label.

As it is now, US consumers are being duped into using dangerous products. How can our government justify taking the side of Chinese manufacturers who have so demonstrably ignored our citizens’ safety and welfare?


10 posted on 08/15/2007 12:28:54 AM PDT by gridlock (I have taken a sacred vow to always maintain a smaller carbon footprint than Al Gore)
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To: gridlock
How can our government justify taking the side of Chinese manufacturers who have so demonstrably ignored our citizens’ safety and welfare?

It's always the same answer...

MONEY.

"Always the low price. Always." (Wal-Mart slogan)

The low price is more important than enslavement of a billion people. It is more important than the health and safety of American children. It is more important than the brutal torture and murder of dissidents. It is more important than the 750,000 Chinese dying every year from toxic chemicals in China's polluted air and water. The Chinese people often eat food deliberately laced with inedible and even hazardous substances used to "stretch" the volume of food for a seller's profit.

11 posted on 08/15/2007 1:20:42 AM PDT by NoControllingLegalAuthority
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To: DB

Two magnets usually repel each other. If a magnet attracted another piece on metal to itself, trapping tissue between, one piece was not magnetic.

Not defending the Chinese, just defending reality.


12 posted on 08/15/2007 1:39:48 AM PDT by F.J. Mitchell (Will some genius please invent beer containers, that self destruct ten seconds after being emptied?)
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To: F.J. Mitchell

LOL, you might want to check your facts there. :)


13 posted on 08/15/2007 1:46:25 AM PDT by Constantine XIII
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“Two magnets usually repel each other”

Wrong.

Magnets have a “north” and “south” pole. Opposite poles attract. If the same poles are near each other one magnet just flips over so opposite poles face each other and then they stick together with twice the force of a single magnet to iron.

And here’s reality: http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/14/toy.victim/index.html


14 posted on 08/15/2007 1:58:43 AM PDT by DB
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To: F.J. Mitchell
Two magnets usually repel each other ...

I guess I need to get reeducated.

15 posted on 08/15/2007 2:02:06 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

If you want to read the actual story, a link is posted in #14.


16 posted on 08/15/2007 2:02:25 AM PDT by DB
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To: DB
So that’s the deal with magnets in kids toys...

It seems that one is the fault of the buyers (as in the corporate buyers who selected these products) and not the manufacturers. They made the toys as designed, with the magnets. The paint on the other hand is a QC issue.

17 posted on 08/15/2007 2:04:29 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: Constantine XIII
Every time I have ever shoved a magnet toward another magnet, the other magnet was repelled. Every time I have shoved a magnet toward a ordinary piece of metal they were forcefully attracted to each other. Those are the facts that I have witnessed.
18 posted on 08/15/2007 2:05:23 AM PDT by F.J. Mitchell (Will some genius please invent beer containers, that self destruct ten seconds after being emptied?)
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Mattel - Made in China - Because we care...


19 posted on 08/15/2007 2:10:48 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

The Chinese have a state policy of killing children. Why should we be surprised if they are a little callous to their safety?


20 posted on 08/15/2007 2:11:58 AM PDT by SampleMan (Islamic tolerance is practiced by killing you last.)
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