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Elie

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More than 90,000 products pulled in U.S. for unsafe lead levels!

12 October 2007, 08:38

Sorry - we can't find that page

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2007/10/12/recall-lead.html?ref=rss

very concerning indeed.
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Tjalfe

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12 October 2007, 10:15

so are all these products going to be destroyed, or are they just going to sell them to 3rd world countries, where they don't know any better?

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Dr Mordrid

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12 October 2007, 10:18

Destroyed.

What's scary is that the sales of Mattel's Chinese toys went UP after the scare set in

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NetSnake

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12 October 2007, 11:33

An accounting trick maybe? To create the impression that it doesn't affect them...
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rylan

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12 October 2007, 12:10

Well now we know where all of the lead is going instead of in RoHS compliant electronics!
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