The Mattel Toy Recall

From vegetables and chicken to beet and baby toys, what will be recalled or next? Is our food supply and children's toys safe anymore?

Should we be worried? How can we trust the products made in other nations let alone our very own California home-grown vegetables and cattle products.

Mattel had to recall 9 million toys! Wow, that is a lot of toys in homes and still stores that carry toys. What are we as parents to do? This current recall involves lead paint of Mattel toys. This was their second recall in two weeks. Earlier this month, consumers were warned about 1.5 million Chinese-made toys that contain lead paint.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission, which negotiated details of Mattel's recalls, reported that since its recall of Polly Pockets play sets in Nov. 11, three children had been injured by swallowing more than one magnet. All three suffered intestinal perforations that required surgery.

What is going on here? Maybe this is a way to paralyse our nation. If these products do not get sold, their stock goes down and businesses have to close. There would be many, many, many layoffs. People's homes would have to go into foreclosures and who knows what else could happen.

This, IMOO, is what happens when all our major production is sent overseas. We, America, has no control over the creation of products.

Now I, personally, am not afraid of this recall. I inspect all the toys I purchase for my girls before I buy them. Plus, the product always has an age appropriate rating on it, right?

Well, let's see what happens after this recall. With lots of Fall and Winter birthdays coming up, let alone Christmas, let's see if toy sales will drop.