Correction: Toy Rings in Trouble in Toyland purchased from Dollar Tree

Dec. 2, 2013 - PRLog -- Correction: Toy Rings in Trouble in Toyland purchased from Dollar Tree, not Dollar General

U.S. PIRG Education Fund wishes to issue a correction to the public and media for an error in  Trouble in Toyland, the 28th Annual Survey of Toy Safety, a report released annually describing potentially hazardous toys discovered by our researchers. U.S. PIRG Education Fund unintentionally distributed an error in the 28^th Annual Trouble in Toyland report (http://www.uspirgedfund.org/reports/usf/trouble-toyland-2013), released November 26^th 2013. On page 29 of the report (now corrected online), the following toy found to contain lead was erroneously reported as for retail at Dollar General:

Product Name: Rings

Label: Statutory small parts warning; Ages 3 and up

Type of Hazard: Lead poses chronic health hazards to children

Why toy is a problem: All rings tested positive for lead, ranging up to 200 ppm

Manufactured by: Greenbrier International

Toy Store: Dollar Tree

Item #: 4387

Price paid: $1.00

This toy is for retail at Dollar Tree, not Dollar General. No products from Dollar General where discussed in the report.

U.S. PIRG sincerely apologizes for the error and any confusion it may have caused.

Jenny Levin

U.S. PIRG Public Health Advocate

218 D. St. SE

Washington, D.C. 20003

202-546-9707 x316

443-882-1487