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A toy factory worker in Dongguan, China, where some of the Thomas & Friends trains are made. ( T" [; O0 u/ Z
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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., D1 X5 {. _2 Y
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A worker at a factory in Dongguan, China, uses a marker to touch up the paint on toy trains. Several Dongguan factories make Thomas toy trains. 3 i3 a, H6 [+ ?, S7 }( S5 S H. t - S# A8 B1 F2 V: v2 D+ V6 M# F ' i3 K' I+ E; Z7 `, j% ~6 GA worker closes a box of toy trains. Last week 1.5 million trains and components were recalled because they were coated with lead paint.