More About Toxic Toys

I followed a link from Digg.com to TheDailyGreen.com for an article concerning companies paying as little as a penny per toy for violation of rules about lead paint on toys. In reading that article I followed the link to the latest toxic toy recall: Mini-sports balls. Months ago I purchased these mini-sports balls and only by coincidence found out that it was deemed toxic. I follow many news outlets and saw no reporting on this.

Lead Exposure in Children May Lead to Later Crimes

I first became aware of the link between lead exposure in children and later crimes from the book by Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner--both are economists and have expanded the book's ideas and more within their Web site: Freakonomics. Just today, however, a new article titled Lead Exposure in Children Linked to Violent Crimes at TruthOut.org provided additional data supporting the impact of children's exposure to lead, even in small amounts.

Prior to Christmas last year numerous news reports highlighted the problem of lead in toys from China. Since that time, the news coverage has dwindled.

Toxic Toys Report on PBS

Here is a link to a PBS Now Program video concerning toxic toys.