Mattel Toy Recall - Wal-Mart Has A Social Responsibility

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