i'd love to see a list or reference guide for this. (that's not a challenge..i really would.)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/retail/2007-10-04-toy-fear_N.htm
None of the recent high-profile toy recalls because of lead or lead paint involved U.S.-made toys. But U.S.-made toys aren't necessarily safer than those made overseas, according to data from the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
U.S.-made toys were the subject of four of the 40 toy recalls the CPSC announced in the 2006 fiscal year, or 10%. Chinese-made toys were the subject of 28, or 70%. The other recalls were divided among toys made elsewhere in Asia and Europe.
That means China had a lower percentage of recalls than its 80% market share, while the USA's share of recalls is about the same as its estimated 10% share of sales. In fiscal 2007, which began Oct. 1, 2006, CPSC's recall efforts largely focused on lead issues, and China's share of toy recalls jumped to 88% of recalls in the 12 months ended last week.
"What's the difference between American toys that are risky and Chinese toys that are risky?" asks David Ropeik, a risk communication consultant and former instructor at the Harvard School of Public Health. "One comes from someplace else. It feels scarier."
Most toy recalls are for poor design, not poor manufacturing, says Hari Bapuji, lead author of an August study of U.S. toy recalls.
The study of 680 recalls since 1974 found that 76% were due to design flaws, 10% because of manufacturing problems. The design flaws were the fault of the U.S.-based toy designers, not the foreign manufacturers, the study claims.