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A toy factory worker in Dongguan, China, where some of the Thomas & Friends trains are made. 0 p* Z" I0 |! z7 I9 R# H ~, [
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0 V& [; U; M# r$ O* q& jAs More Toys Are Recalled, the Trail Ends in China1 }; A- B# W4 Z1 _1 F6 u6 L
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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.1 S" v" [2 p- F! \2 H
* w6 f5 V, @# C' X/ i3 z5 J, h2 Y 9 f. g; W- }1 F8 s4 EA 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.% \! x3 t- P- [7 E6 Q5 U
* B/ P* m0 j( J1 W 6 f/ v& A) T+ D6 v; w r% KA worker closes a box of toy trains. Last week 1.5 million trains and components were recalled because they were coated with lead paint.