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Dora Teaches Kids : Can you Say Lead Paint?

2:51 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Health| business| children · Comments Off

2 Aug 2007

dora.jpgReason 3,254 why that screamy Dora the Exploradora has never been a toy of any of my kids : she makes kids eat lead paint, seriously. Today toy company Fisher Price initiated a recall of nearly a million toys in the U.S. (over a million worldwide) including those based on the popular show Dora the Explorer and Sesame Street because the surface paint of the plastic toys likely contains lead paint. Lead paint exposure can lead to brain damage in children.

Can you say lawsuit in Spanish?

To see if a toy you may have is part of the recall click here.


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