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Lead Paint Recall - Check your child's toys

In August 2007, The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with many of the firms named below, announced a voluntary recall of several consumer products which might contain lead in surface paints. The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) is providing the information on the latest recall to citizens as a public service.

Consumers should stop using the recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Information about the Fisher-Price toy recall

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from more than 15,000 types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $700 billion annually.

The CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard or can injure children. The CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals - contributed significantly to the 30 percent decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30 years.

To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, call CPSC's hotline at (800) 638-2772 or CPSC's teletypewriter at (800) 638-8270, or visit CPSC's web site at www.cpsc.gov/talk.html .

To join a CPSC email subscription list, please go to www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.aspx. Consumers can obtain this release and recall information at CPSC's Web site at www.cpsc.gov.

You can find information on over 4,000 product recalls and recall alerts - including the existence of lead in toys - using the various searches on the CPSC's recall page:

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prerel.html

Additionally, there are several links featured on toy manufacturer and retailer web sites for additional information about specific products and associated toy recalls:

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