Saskatchewan family sues Mattel for lead in toys

Ok this piece actually made me laugh out loud... mostly because the lawyer in the case is um... well-known in SK for the cases he chooses. Let's just say that his nickname "Tony the rat" is not entirely undeserved. ;-) (I worked at a law firm briefly....)


http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2007/11/27/lawsuit-saskatchewan.html

Nice to see that Canada is catching up with its litigious neighbour to the south in the lawsuit department.

On Yonge Street

Right near our hotel from our Toronto trip this weekend was this place that Brett spotted first and then ran back to tell me about it.... ok, should we be suspicious of a restaurant that advertises itself as "Made in China"? I mean, aside from the obvious question of freshness... ;-) I was slightly disappointed to find out it was a restaurant, as I was already composing a blogpost in my head about a store completely filled with items MIC.. oh wait, that already exists, it's called EVERY FREAKING STORE.

http://www.madeinchinarestaurant.com/

Yes, but do they have LEAD in them? ;-)

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/20/crucifixes.ap/index.html

NEW YORK (AP) -- A labor rights group alleged Tuesday that crucifixes sold in religious gift shops in the U.S. are produced under "horrific" conditions in a Chinese factory with more than 15-hour workdays and inadequate food.

"It's a throwback to the worst of the garment sweatshops 10, 20 years ago," said Charles Kernaghan, director of the National Labor Committee.

Totally Off Topic but hey.... it's my blog... ;-)

I have to share this video ..... you might notice a familiar pair of boys snuggled up with their mama. :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roFVkDV45MM#GU5U2spHI_4

If you like it, please add it to your favs, link to it, yadda yadda. :-) Much appreciated. Pass it on to any birthing women in your life.

Livin' in an Amish toy paradise....

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2007/11/11/seavert.oh.non.toxic.toys.wbns

And here is a link to the woman's website:

http://www.anaturalhome.com/

oooh! she has organic mattresses too! Sweeet.

Ok you asked for it, you got it....

Finally, a site listing domestically made toys that isn't full of dead links!

http://www.toysmadeinamerica.com/

Anyone manage to wrest themselves from the grasp of the MIC market even a tad? It's not too late......

Seriously, is no one else paying attention?

Why are we still gobbling this crap up? And I can't say it enough... THIS IS ONLY THE STUFF THAT WE KNOW ABOUT!!!! What else is lurking in your toybox? For Pete's sake am I wearing a frickin' camel skin and wandering in the desert?

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/11/08/toy.recall/index.html

No, I'm sure the stuff YOU bought from China is perfectly fine and safe. Don't worry about it.