- j4 s6 Q" C# F5 M0 I, z# b 8 B6 f. D$ ?/ P! k pA toy factory worker in Dongguan, China, where some of the Thomas & Friends trains are made. * A- k6 t' \1 x$ S3 }' U# s
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3 p- R3 ]# E/ x, F; W' `, c8 AWASHINGTON, 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. 4 c- K- }! x1 m" t- D 1 N8 |* Y. d8 Q/ A / P" ?5 b# r- [# K; qA 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.! w) G E, Y3 E( |
/ B+ L6 f B) _( f- d5 ?* X& z 3 g9 ^% [! ~. N9 K# HA worker closes a box of toy trains. Last week 1.5 million trains and components were recalled because they were coated with lead paint.
