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Saturday, September 8, 2007 12:00 AM

Baby's first lead

All the recent toy recalls have revived fears about toddlers and toxins. How should parents protect their children?

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  • Saturday, September 8, 2007 07:46 AM

    Profit, Profit ueber alles

    That seems to be the anthem of the likes of Mattel, WalMart, and on ,and on without an end. Toys are being produced for less, the prices remain the same, who is making the money? To hell with the people who buy them, to hell with the children who play with them and, as shown in the picture, have mouth contact with them or worse chew on them while teething.Who cares, as long as we make our billions which we dont really need but put us on the list of scroungers. And all the while there are jobless Americans who barely survive. Make no mistake, toys are not the only garbage that comes in, remember the dogfood recalls? And how many other products that we dont knew about come in polluted. The people who produce this stuff are just as endangered. Their employers have to cut corners to suit the sales giants who buy from them. What a lousy system.

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