Toy Recall-Important, please read==Polly Pockets

These toys are very popular. Please be careful. And I'd like to add this as a word of warning:

Please arm yourself with information! Be sure to research toy recalls before you shop for your children for the Holiday Season. Not all recalled toys get pulled from the shelves in a timely manner. You could inadvertently purchase a recalled/dangerous toy! So be sure to do the work before you shop. Better safe than sorry, as the cliche goes.

Gayle




Trouble in Toyland
Magnetic building sets, toy guns deemed dangerous in annual report
By JENNIFER AMY MYERS, Sun Staff
Article Last Updated:11/22/2006 11:53:42 AM EST
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MASSPIRG's Sam Elsner, left, reviews hazardous toys at the Children's Corner Learning Center in Lowell, with help from director Sandi Garafano, center, and State Rep. David Nangle, right. SUN PHOTO / BOB WHITAKER
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LOWELL -- Ear-damaging noise, exposure to toxic chemicals, choking hazards, and powerful magnets that can wreak havoc inside the human body.
According to MASSPIRG (Massachusetts Student Public Interest Research Group), those are just some of the dangers lurking on toy store shelves this holiday season.
"While we can report substantial progress in the past 20 years, we still have found trouble in toyland," MASSPIRG campus organizer Sam Elsner told a group gathered at the Children's Corner Learning Center yesterday morning. State Rep. David Nangle, D-Lowell, and administrators from Community Teamwork, Inc., were also on hand to hear the results of the group's 21st annual toy safety survey.
One of the major culprits of avoidable toy-related injuries is everybody's favorite party decoration -- the balloon, which accounts for half of all toy-related choking deaths, Elsner said, holding up a pink "Happy 1st Birthday" balloon.
Parents unsure if a toy includes pieces that are small enough to lodge in a tot's throat