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    howdy CFS fans !
    Children�s Sketchbooks Recalled by eeBoo Corp. Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard
    WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

    Name of Product: Sketchbooks with Colored Spirals

    Units: About 80,000

    Distributor: eeBoo Corp., of New York, N.Y.

    Hazard: The paint on the sketchbooks� colored spiral metal bindings contains excessive levels of lead violating the federal lead paint standard.

    Incidents/Injuries: None reported.

    Description: The recalled children�s sketchbooks have colored spiral metal bindings, drawing paper, and cardboard covers in the following styles. �eeBoo� and the style name are printed on a sticker on the back cover.
    Style Name Size
    Drawing Birds (yellow spiral) 8 �� x 11 �� �eeBoo Great Illustrators Sketchbook� is printed on front cover
    Butterflies (yellow spiral) 8 �� x 11 �� �eeBoo Great Illustrators Sketchbook� is printed on front cover
    Garden Party (green spiral) 8 �� x 11 �� �eeBoo Great Illustrators Sketchbook� is printed on front cover
    Up in the Tree (green spiral) 8 �� x 11 �� �eeBoo Great Illustrators Sketchbook� is printed on front cover
    Nemo with Princess in Balloon (red spiral) 8 �� x 11 �� �Sketchbook� is printed on front cover
    Nature (yellow spiral) 8 �� x 11 �� �eeBoo Great Illustrators Sketchbook� is printed on front cover
    Princess and Butterflies (yellow spiral) 8 �� x 11 �� �Sketchbook� is printed on front cover
    Princess and Butterflies (yellow spiral) 10� x 14� �Sketchbook� is printed on front cover

    Other styles of sketchbooks with colored or plain metal spiral bindings are not included in this recall.

    Sold at: Specialty and gift stores nationwide from September 2005 through January 2008 for about $6.

    Manufactured in: China

    Remedy: Consumers should immediately take the recalled sketchbooks away from children and contact eeBoo Corp. to receive a free replacement sketchbook with a plain metal spiral.

    Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact eeBoo Corp. at (800) 791-5619 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit the firm�s Web site at www.eeBoo.com


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    Just goes to show... DON'T BUY THINGS MADE IN CHINA

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    ^ Ya we watched a vidio in my foods class and I still don't want to eat! It was about there food safty laws are different than ours and stuff... Kinda gross...


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