Wal-Mart Raises Bar on Toy-Safety Standards

Thursday, May 15, 2008
Posted by Healthy Child

By Joseph Pereira and Steve Stecklow, The Wall Street Journal

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest toy seller, has ordered its suppliers to meet a new set of children's-product safety requirements by this fall that goes far beyond existing government regulations.

The standards include strict limits for lead and a broad array of other heavy metals and chemicals that have been linked to various medical and developmental problems in children.

Read the whole article from our friends at The Wall Street Journal.