* X" F! i# J; p+ X" T当局上周下令回收一百五十万件中国制汤玛斯小火车头和轨道配件,这在进口商伊利诺州橡溪RC2公司过去两年的销售量当中占百分之四。这些回收的产品表层涂漆含铅,而铅会破坏脑细胞,儿童尤其容易受害。 ( N: e1 d+ i1 V; a! f, X过去一个月当中,中国销美玩具回收的例子还包括一款搞怪假眼球,因为眼球内部含有煤油;有些玩具鼓和玩具熊也因为使用含铅涂料回收,另外有一款在摇动时会发出声响的婴儿手环,因为可能导致婴儿噎死而回收。 美国消费品安全委员会下令回收的中国制品,在过去五年增加了一倍,使美国去年回收产品总件数达到四百六十七件,创新年度纪录。 去年回收的产品中,大约有百分之六十是中国生产。公元两千年中国产品所占比例为百分之三十六。 报导说,回收中国产品增加,跟中国玩具出口量大增有关。据美国玩具工业协会表示,在美国销售的玩具当中,有七成到八成是由中国生产。 中国销美的宠物食品以及卖到全球的药品和牙膏最近都传出问题,在这个背景下,连串玩具回收的现象已经使得要求美国管理当局、进口商以及中国政府和业者加强落实安全规定的呼声升高。 0 M* ^8 \, Y& W% v: T8 w ; o7 M# c7 {) f! T0 V - k- P1 k$ `, u: \8 v! a mA toy factory worker in Dongguan, China, where some of the Thomas & Friends trains are made. - C$ x1 O( @9 e w! L1 G" c
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WASHINGTON, June 18 — China manufactured every one of the 24 kinds of toys recalled for safety reasons in the United States so far this year, including the enormously popular Thomas & Friends wooden train sets, a record that is causing alarm among consumer advocates, parents and regulators.% i* ^4 o) a5 W* E9 M" l# b" L
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A worker closes a box of toy trains. Last week 1.5 million trains and components were recalled because they were coated with lead paint.