Chinese toys imported with lead?

[Goldie]

Well,as I've been see'ing on the news lately like.All I keep see'ing is like "Don't buy the toys imported from China,they have alot of lead" as if they're going to ban China from importing those kind of toys.BUT,they've been making those toys since like forever as it seems,why the heck would they bring it to attention now?Not only that,but,the pencils we use to write in school has lead,so what,they are gonna ban pencils from school,telling people:"Pencils are a very dangerous WEAPON,please disarm your self of all these hazardous weapons before serious legal action is taken against you".I really don't get it...someone please give this dumb cat like,some kind of explanation.Is the lead they're talking about a different kind of lead or something?because if not then.....I can conclude this world is becoming crazier then I thought. :3

~Sincerly,
the daughter of Dracos1,Goldie

[MentaL]

[GrisoM]

Yes its true , here in argentina they have ban the imported toys from China

[myhotel6]

yea look i got this mp3 player and 3 days later on the news it said it had lead in it

[ProjectGrey]

This has been going on for a while now, hasn't it?
Hopefully no one gets seriously hurt from this.

[Goldie]

Think of it,people's children,their babies have been using pencils with lead in it,probably licked the lead,put the pencil in their mouth kind of because well,thats the thing very young children do unless taught other wise.You haven't heard anyone like:OMG!My baby died from touching the tip of his/her pencil!

[Wilsongb1010]

This is Old Old News and Probably started in Feb-March?

[xKathieee]

& bad quality.

[buzzfizz]

Lead is poisonous? I bite my pencil every time I draw Im still alive now. :o

[Btk]

lol...of cause lead is poisonous..what do u think bullets are made of?

[troublemaker1111]

pencils use graphite not lead you geniuses.

[Sundays]

yea look i got this mp3 player and 3 days later on the news it said it had lead in it

How is a MP3 player considered a toy? And... How can you use lead to make an mp3 player Lol

[Robert]

Pencil's don't have lead in them, it's called graphite.

As for toys containing lead, I believe it's the paint. Just make sure the kid isn't eating the paint and they should be fine, it's not like lead isn't already around us all the time. A lot of old pipes are made of lead and it's in old paints so it's not like it's a new problem.

I put it down to people panicing about stuff that is unlikely to effect them when much bigger things are being ignored...

How is a MP3 player considered a toy? And... How can you use lead to make an mp3 player Lol

Batteries...

[kuribohgx]

As Robert said, its the paint that has lead. Don't give chinese toys to your teething 1 year old.

[Neroez]

I didn't hear that Holland bans them.

[theninjaway]

I was just about to point out that they stopped using lead in pencils and use graphite because of its price and it was poisonus. You just can't trust the chinese.

[buzzfizz]

pencils use graphite not lead

Ok, thanks for the info ;)

[Nuklear]

pencils use graphite not lead you geniuses.

Not really. Now it's a mix between graphite and some other substance.



Also, seriously OP, just because they both have the same name doesn't mean they're the same damn thing!

[lhgh2]

"Not really. Now it's a mix between graphite and some other substance." i,m agree with it.

[Donkjam]

Yup pencils now use graphite and have for a while due to the lead problem you maybe get a rare pencil with led in...but toys have been in news for a while duye to this

[GohanSSJ]

It's only a issue with kids who still put the toys in their mouth. Best option for this would be plastic toys, as are already widely available.

[Laced]

Lol, they always find something wrong with their toys every year.

[Ambrosiax]

China is trying to kill us through its imports.
Halloween the contaminated candy and this >.>

[alexdesire]

Wat would be good is if i could read it without becoming blind.

To much blue.....

[Donkjam]

Wat would be good is if i could read it without becoming blind.

To much blue.....

lol same what i thougth xD

[Goldie]

Pencil's don't have lead in them, it's called graphite.

As for toys containing lead, I believe it's the paint. Just make sure the kid isn't eating the paint and they should be fine, it's not like lead isn't already around us all the time. A lot of old pipes are made of lead and it's in old paints so it's not like it's a new problem.

I put it down to people panicing about stuff that is unlikely to effect them when much bigger things are being ignored...

Thankies for clearing that up for me.I was all ways told pencil tips are made from led,but heck,I live in America.There is alot of other things America has lied to me about,-shrugs-.Hrm,but if it's been an issue for awhile,why does it seem to me as if,like,starting about two,or three weeks ago that lead in Chinese toys is mentioned in America?Oh well,but,at least I know pencil tips are made out of a different material then lead,I guess I can learn from other places then school and from family :3