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Target decided to break its
rule about not talking to blogs and responded to our inquiry about the Fisher Price Rock A Stack toys
with the blue rings that bleed blue dye on those who encounter it. We asked how many complaints has Target received about this defect? Are there any plans to remove the toy it from the shelves? And If a customer has bought the toy and wishes to return or exchange it, is a receipt required? They responded thusly:
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lead contamination
Consumer Reports says that Fisher-Price has finished testing another toy blood pressure cuff and have found that it exceeds the
Illinois lead limit for toys.
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lead contamination
Consumer Reports is busy testing lead levels in children's toys that are not on any recall list just to see if they are safe. They're nice like that.
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recalls
Here at Consumerist we've been keeping an eye on the 2007 lead contamination recalls. Here's September's update:
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investigations
Fisher-Price has a shoddy track record when it comes to reporting defects and "injuries from defects" to the Consumer Products Safety Commission.
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When a company receives a credible report of a product defect that could "create a substantial risk of injury to the public," the company has 24 hours to report it the
CPSC. When Fisher-Price first received its first report of a nail fastener coming loose from a Little People
Animal Sounds Farm toy in September 2002, it did nothing. From the CPSC:
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Consumerist
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Mother buys a $149 Fisher Price Stand N Ride Du Stroller from Toys "R" Us and opens the box at home to find it filled with $320 of Bionicle Legos. Even more comical is the store's incompetent customer service when they try to do the right thing and return the toys. [EricCarrol]
