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Mattel Inc. announced its third major recall of Chinese-made toys in little more than a month, including Barbie doll accessories, GeoTrax locomotive line and Bongo Band toys because of excessive amounts of lead-tainted paint.

A complete list of recalled toys is available here.

675,000 recalled Barbie accessories include the Barbie Dream Puppy House, which had lead paint on the dog; the Barbie Dream Kitty Condo playset, which had lead paint on the cat; and the Barbie table and chairs kitchen playset, which had lead paint on the dog and dinner plates. The recalled Barbie accessories were sold between October 2006 and August of this year. No Barbie dolls were included in the action.

The recall covers 90,000 units of Mattel’s GeoTrax locomotive line and 8,900 Big Big World 6-in-1 Bongo Band toys, both from the company’s Fisher-Price brand. The Big Big World products were sold nationwide from July through August of this year, while the GeoTrax toys were sold from September 2006 through August of this year. (Source: AP.)

Lead can cause brain damage when ingested by young children. Under current regulations, children’s products found to have more than .06 percent lead are subject to a recall. For more information on health hazards associated with lead exposure from toys, click here.

“The only thing more frightening than these tainted toys from China falling into the hands of children is how powerless the very agency in charge of consumer protection is to stop it,” said Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.). (Source: Washington Post.)

If you purchased any of the recalled toys, you may have a legal claim. For further information, feel free to contact the Law Office of Thomas Glenn Martin by clicking here.

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