Target Corp. fined $600k for lead paint in toys
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| Happy Giddy Gardening Tools |
According to the commission, "Target knowingly imported and sold various toys (Kool Toyz Products, Anima - Bamboo Collection Games, Happy Giddy Gardening Tools and Sunny Patch Chairs) with paint or other surface coatings that contained lead levels above legal limits."
Target agreed to pay it (what's a cool $600K to the retail giant?) but defended its "rigorous, multi-stage testing," claiming they found the toys to be kosher for future gardening prodigies. In 2007, the retail behemoth recalled nearly 350,000 of the various units sold between May 2006 and August 2007 and has not received any reports of injury.
Lead paint has been federally banned in the U.S. since 1978, and the CPSC's total civil penalties-involving mostly lead paint issues- this year now amounts to $9.8 million.
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