Lets get this into perspective! When are all cars going to be recalled because people get run over? When are they going to stop selling kitchen knives because people use them to stab one another?
Parents want cheaper toys, which manufacturers have to try and provide, or go out of business (which benefits nobody). Inevitably corners get cut, and problems happen - thats life, we don't live in a hermetically sealed, sun proof, biosphere! What counts is what happens now. All power to Mattel for their action. I hope they get the problems with the paint sorted out quickly.

Trev, Southampton, UK

Apparently it isn't good enough that the sweatshop of the world enslaves and kills its own workers while disemploying workers elsewhere; now it must poison consumers as well.

Maynard, Oxford, UK

Why not blame the toy companies owned by western countries?! They just want cheaper productives and more profits from Chinese factories. Do they care about the customers? If they did, there would not have the woes. The western toy companies are evil capitalists! But, they are good at games to use mass media to avoid blames, tand o pour all the damns over to Chinese.

Juan, Edinburgh, Scotland

So stop providing shoddy goods, or less people will buy them and more jobs will be lost.

Mark Langley, London, UK

Doesn't Eckert mean that they will 'start' to be vigilant...........?
That's what happens when the Mattel purchasing department buys on price. Screwing down a supplier on price and maintaining quality at the same time is very difficult.
In the words of John Ruskin...........He who buys on price is at the mercy of the seller.

Paul Savage, Lambourn,

It is very easy to blame unscrupulous Chinese factory bosses and owners for safety flaws instead of greedy of Western company executives such as at Matel in their quest to report endless giant profits. The blame should fall consumer petulance in combination with greedy Western executives interested foremost, in fat bonus checks and short term record earnings. These shameless and status obsessed people knowingly went to China which has zero controls and infrastructure with the blessing of our governments. The Chinese workers make products they cannot afford on wages that provide no security. Shame on us then to complain when our complacency comes to roost in the form of unsafe products thus threatening our security. Certainaly... our vaunted MBA schools are teaching the multitude of graduates how to create scale, value and increased profits at the expense of degrading lives in sweat shops all in the name of economic progress

KOJINATOR, SLC,

losing a job is nothing in comparison to losing a child Kevan. Why are we even having products made in China just to allow these companies to make more profit? It's not like the savings are passed on to the consumer. That is a lie. Why not manufacture goods in the West where we have more control and health and safety is more of an issue? The Chinese have a long way to come yet in that respect.

sky, Sheffield,

The Chinese are good but obviously not good enough!

Rachel Smith, Solihull, UK

Kevan,
They might have lost their jobs, but they didn't lose their lives!

Paul Savage, Lambourn,

Now we know why the Chinese economy is doing so well...

Rod Munch, Northampton, UK

Well, perhaps the Chinese business community ought to start ensuring that the quality and safety of their products adheres to appropriate standards - rather than cutting corners to make a fast profit. For an allleged communist country, you are doing a surprisingly good job at developing the worst 19th century capitalist practices.

Anthony, Birmingham, UK

5000 worker in china lost the jobover night becasue of beinng sucide of Lee Der Industrial Company 's boss, this is price that chinese people have to pay!

kevan, shantou, china