The steady stream of products coming from China, that are tainted with lead, continues. It appears to be slowing down a little bit, but that might just be an anomoly, only time will tell.

Here are the lead product recalls in the past week or so from the CPSC:

Nintendo Recalls Lapel Pins Due to Risk of Lead Exposure

Children’s Storage Bins Sold at Lowe’s Stores Recalled Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

You can find all sorts of good recall information on the CPSC website. Be careful though, you could find yourself spending hours on their site, and then spending hours going through the stuff you have at home to toss the recalled items.

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Basketball and Flower Tables Recalled by Avon Products Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard; Sold in Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands

These were actually made in Peru, not China. Go figure. But then again, it’s not like it’s a toy that your children are going to touch everyday, so the Chinese probably outsourced this one.

Wal-Mart Recalls Charm Key Chains Due to Risk of Lead Exposure

I understand this one had to be recalled due to the risk of lead exposure, but the fact that it was discovered because parents allowed a 9-month old child play with it really disturbs me. Who let’s their 9-month old child mouth charms like these?

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Remember, the Chinese government wants Jack Cafferty to apologize for making the allegation that toys contaminated with lead come from China.

Here are this week’s lead paint recalls from the CPSC.

OKK Trading Recalls Toy Robots Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

FUNTASTIC Recalls Fake Teeth Due To Violation of Lead Paint Standard

Michaels Stores Recalls Seasonal Writing Pens Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

Push Toys Recalled by Santa’s Toy Corp. Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

As if it wasn’t obvious, all four of these items came from China.

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Here are the latest recalls involving lead contamination from the CPSC.

Children’s ‘Main Street Drag’ Sunglasses Recalled by StyleMark Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

Master Lock Recalls Lock and Leash™ Locks Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

I think it’s just a matter of time before we see “lead paint lawyer” commercials, much like we see the mesothelioma commercials now.

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I just received a news update regarding the Malt-O-Meal cereal recall.

From the Malt-O-Meal website:

Malt-O-Meal announced today that it is voluntarily recalling its unsweetened Puffed Rice and unsweetened Puffed Wheat Cereals produced with “Best If Used By” codes between April 8, 2008 (coded as “APR0808”) and March 18, 2009 (coded as “MAR1809”) because they may have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.

The recalled product was distributed nationally, marketed under the Malt-O-Meal brand and as some private label brands including Acme, America’s Choice, Food Club, Giant, Hannaford, Jewel, Laura Lynn, Pathmark, Shaw’s, ShopRite, Tops and Weis Quality. A comprehensive listing of impacted products can be found at www.malt-o-meal.com/recallinfo.

No illnesses have been reported to date in connection with this situation. All other Malt-O-Meal products are unaffected by this action and are safe for continued sale and consumption. The products affected by this recall represent less than one-half of one percent of the company’s annual production of ready-to-eat cereal.

With all the contamination out there, we need a clinical laboratory service that can create an antidote for all the crap we might be ingesting on a daily basis.

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Here are the products that have been recalled due to violation of the lead paint standard.

Galison/Mudpuppy Recalls Wire Bound Journals and Calendars Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

Hobby Lobby Stores Recalls Easter Egg Containers and Spinning Egg Tops Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

Educational Insights Recalls Ring Toss Games Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

Toy Puzzle Vehicle Sets Recalled Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

Downeast Concepts Inc. Recalls Water Bottles Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

All of these items were made in China, with the exception of the ring toss game, which was made in Hong Kong.

You can find more information on any of these by clicking the link to the CPSC.

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From the CPSC website:

Name of Product: X Force Commander Toy Airplanes and Super Famous Toy Cars and Motorcycles

Units: About 5,000

Importer: S.U. Wholesale Inc., of Vernon, Calif.

Hazard: The recalled toys contain excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard.

Description: The “X Force Commander” is a set of six plastic jet airplanes. Item number 5689 is printed on the front of the packaging. The airplanes are painted green, red, blue, silver, black and yellow. The “Super Famous” is a set of a plastic toy car and a motorcycle. The car is yellow or red and the motorcycle is gray.

Sold at: Dollar Stores nationwide from September 2006 through November 2007 for about $1.

Manufactured in: China

Here are this weeks recalls of childrens items that contain lead:

Mission City Press Recalls Girl’s Bracelet Sets Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

Children’s Metal Jewelry Recalled by Pecoware Due to Risk of Lead Exposure

Children’s Memory Testing Cards Recalled by Riverside Publishing Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

I wonder how many children got worse as the were tested and tested with those memory cards? Of course, all of these items were made in China.

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Here are all of the recalls involving lead in children’s products that have been announced in the past couple weeks.

Children’s Toy Gardening Rakes Recalled by Downeast Concepts; Violates Lead Paint Standard

Children’s Sketchbooks Recalled by eeBoo Corp. Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

RR Donnelley Recalls Classroom Reading and Math Aids Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

Netshops Recalls Children’s Table and Chair Sets Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

Pendants and Candle Charms Recalled Due to Risk of Lead Exposure

All of these items were made in China. If you have questions about any of these recalls, visit the links above, which have all of the contact information you might need.

While I doubt this is something that will affect you, unless of course you work at a pig meat processing plant, I thought you might want to know about it.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an update last week to its investigation of an outbreak of a paralysing condition that is affecting certain meat processing plant workers who use compressed air to remove the brains from the heads of pig carcases.

The illness is called Progressive Inflammatory Neuropathy (PIN) and its symptoms range from acute paralysis to gradual increase of weakness on both sides of the body, which in some cases happens over 8 days and in others over 213 days. The symptoms vary in severity from slight weakness and numbness to paralysis that affects mobility, mostly in the lower extremities.

The current thinking, which is yet to be proved, is that the meat workers are being exposed to splatter and aerosol droplets of pig brain tissue created by the compressed air blast, which liquefies the tissue before expelling it from the pig skull. Once inhaled, small particles of pig brain tissue are then is attacked by the worker’s immune system which uses antibodies that also attack the body’s own almost identical human nerve tissue.

Following the PIN outbreak in a Minnesota meat processing plant, the CDC launched a nationwide survey of large slaughterhouses and found two more meat plants that had used the compressed air system recently. One of the plants was also reporting cases of a neurologic illness among its meat processing workers.

You can read more at Medical News Today.