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CPSC announces recall of 'Cars' toy chest.


WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission, in cooperation with Delta Enterprise Corp. of New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
, NY, announced the voluntary recall of about 3,000 "Cars" toy storage benches sold at Toys "R" Us Toys "R" Us (currently typeset as ToYsЯuS in the logo) is a toy store chain based in the United States, Canada, Australia,The Netherlands, South Africa, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom.  stores between March 2006 and August 2006,

The red paint on the partition panels of the toy box contains high levels of lead; no injuries were reported. The chests were made in China.

In a separate action, the CPSC CPSC Consumer Product Safety Commission (US)
CPSC Computer Science (course)
CPSC Canadian Plastics Sector Council (Ottawa, ON, Canada)
CPSC Chemical Processing Safety Committee
 also announced that Gund Inc. of Edison, NJ, has issued a voluntary recall of 1-8,900 Woodle Activity Toys because the wooden rings on the stuffed toy stuffed toy stuff nStofftier nt  can break and pose a choking Choking Definition

Choking is the inability to breathe because the trachea is blocked, constricted, or swollen shut.
Description

Choking is a medical emergency. When a person is choking, air cannot reach the lungs.
 hazard to young children.

Gund has received four reports from consumers about the wooden rings on the toys breaking, including one report of a child mouthing small pieces, No injuries were reported.

The product, made in Vietnam, retails for about $12. Consumers are urged to contact Gund to receive a free replacement product.
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