As a cancer survivor myself, and a parent of two kids, I am very protective of what kinds of toys they put into their mouths. I’m very glad to learn that San Francisco is taking a step in the right direction toward total toy safety. I hope the entire US will follow suit, however, I’m not optimistic considering our current president’s stance on many environmental issues.

The latest F!sher Pr!ce recall is just another example of how corrupted things are in Ch!na. As you can see, most of the recalls in the past has been real physical safety issues, whereas the latest one dated August 1 is lead paint. I read in a press release - too lazy to find the link right now - that the company has very good relations with the manufacturing factory and vendors, and very stringent rules but somehow a large volume of lead paint escaped into the line. So if even a major company like this could get contaminated by lead paint, who is to say the little guys are not susceptible?

Remember another recent recall, the train one? Also lead paint contamination. Also China.

Unfortunately, China is not alone. Lead paint is not banned in many many countries (such as Malaysia and Thailand, just to name a couple). It so happens that China is the largest producer / exporter hence it gets most if not all of the spotlights.

These toys are in the hands of young children constantly, and often times, in their mouths as well. Toys simply cannot be made with any toxic material. Period.

Bottom line is, lead paint needs to be banned in China. And the rest of the world.