Mattel is Getting the Lead Out

Rumor is that Mattel is going to announce another toy recall due to… wait for it… lead paint from China. This time from a different factory. With this being the third major recall of toys painted with lead paint from as many factories, when is someone going to do something? I heard an argument somewhere over the weekend that China is going through its own industrial revolution and like the US and others did at the turn of the last century, will have some “growing pains.” I’m not buying it. Are we partly to blame for demanding cheap products? Maybe, but I don’t think anyone ever said that we’ll trade safety for that.