Troy-Bilt Recalls Children's Gardening Gloves Due to Lead Poisoning Hazard
Recall 07549 · May 16, 2007 · Troy-Bilt
80
units affected
80
units affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 07549
- Date
- May 16, 2007
- Company
- Troy-Bilt
- Units affected
- 80
- Product
- Budding Gardener Complete Gardening Set
- Product type
- Gloves
- Hazard
- Poisoning
The product
The Budding Gardener Complete Gardening Set included a wheel barrel, sprinkling can, pair of gardening gloves, hand tools and seeds. The gloves are yellow on one side and white with rubber dots on the other side. The gloves have a picture of four children in a field, with "The Budding Gardners" written in red around the picture.
What can happen
The stamp-painted logo on the backside of the gardening gloves contains high levels of lead. Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health effects.
The fix
Consumers should take these gloves away from children immediately, and contact the firm to exchange the gloves for a free kid-size gardener's apron. Troy-Bilt is directly contacting consumers who purchased these gloves.
Incidents and where it was sold
- Incidents
- None reported.
- Sold at
- The Troy-Bilt Web site, www.troybilt.com, from February 2006 through January 2007 for about $50 for the set.
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Questions and answers
What should I do with the recalled budding gardener complete gardening set?
Consumers should take these gloves away from children immediately, and contact the firm to exchange the gloves for a free kid-size gardener's apron. Troy-Bilt is directly contacting consumers who purchased these gloves.
What is the hazard?
The stamp-painted logo on the backside of the gardening gloves contains high levels of lead. Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health effects.
A recall means the maker found a safety problem and offers a free fix; it does not mean every unit has the problem. Units affected are as reported by the company. Popular models sell more and so have more recalls and complaints. Official public data; texts are shortened. Contact the company named above for the remedy.