| As a father of three small children I was outraged by | | | | poor quality products coming out of China. The Mattel |
| the recent Mattel toy recall. All of the toys were | | | | toy recall is the most recent problem in a line of bad |
| made by a contract manufacturer in China. Mattel said | | | | products. Recently it was tainted dog food and |
| Wednesday, August 15th, that it was recalling 1.5 | | | | toothpaste that will make you sick, all produced in |
| million toys globally and the recall would cost them at | | | | China. |
| least $30 million dollars. The toys that were recalled | | | | When will consumers in the United States wake up |
| included many Sesame Street and Nickelodeon | | | | and smell the lead paint? We are the only thing |
| characters, including Dora The Explorer backpacks, | | | | standing between Wal-Mart and dangerous products |
| which my 2 year old daughter plays with often. Also | | | | made in China. If Wal-Mart thinks it is to expensive to |
| recalled was the 'Sarge' character Die-Cast car from | | | | know more about the dangerous products coming |
| the Disney Pixar Cars movie. The 'Sarge' car is said to | | | | out of China then consumers must stand up and |
| have excess levels of lead surface paint that could | | | | demand this from Wal-Mart. This can easily be done |
| harm children. My 5 year old son has this car. | | | | by boycotting Wal-Mart until they take a harder |
| My wife and I buy most, if not all, of our children's | | | | stance on poor Chinese manufacturing. Do you think |
| toys at Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart is the largest toy seller in | | | | this stance is harsh? Ask a parent of one of the sick |
| the United States, with an estimated 45% of the | | | | children if this is harsh. Or ask a pet owner who lost |
| retail toy business. I am of the very strong opinion | | | | their family dog if this is an acceptable business |
| that Wal-Mart has a social and moral responsibility to | | | | practice. If this boycott were to occur, the greedy |
| do independent testing of products manufactured in | | | | hands at Wal-Mart would have testers sucking on |
| China and sold in their stores. China is notorious for | | | | die-cast cars immediately! Believe me, we would all |
| low regulations in terms of health and safety | | | | benefit from this. |
| standards. If Wal-Mart wants to continue to be the | | | | © 2007, Kyle James |
| largest retailer in the United States they would be | | | | Kyle is the owner of an online coupon Web Site, |
| well served to know a little more about the products | | | | Rather-Be-Shopping Online Coupons He lives in |
| they sell. It is becoming the norm recently to hear of | | | | northern California with his wife and three children. |