17-07-2025
Urgent warning to parents over toxic kids' toys sold at Walmart
The Pennsylvania Department of Health has urged parents to look over their children's bikes following a recall over fears of injury or death from lead poisoning.
Around 200 units of SPPTTY Kids 14- and 18-inch bicycles were recalled on July 10 after lead levels exceeded the federal lead content ban.
The bicycles are pink with brown seat covers, brown handlebars, brown pedals and brown baskets.
Each of them also have 'SPPTTY' and 'New Sport Bike' printed on downtubes.
The affected products were sold on Walmart 's website from August 2024 through December 2024 for around $85.
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has advised consumers to stop using the bikes immediately and contact Shenzhen Yihuachuang Technology for a refund.
Owners of the bikes are requested to disassemble them, take a photo, and send it to lishkjie@ before disposing of the pieces.
As of now, no injuries or deaths related to the recalled bikes have been reported.
The bikes were sold on Walmart's website from August 2024 through December 2024 for around $85
'This recall serves as an important reminder to parents and caregivers to ensure that young children have routine screening for lead exposure,' said Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Debra Bogen.
'Early identification of elevated lead levels can reduce the harms from lead exposure, including its harm to children's behavior and development.'
Experts suggest parents and caregivers bring children to health care providers to discuss the possibility of blood lead testing.
Children under age six have the greatest risk of health problems from lead exposure, which could lead to brain or nervous system damage.
While lead-related recalls are typically uncommon, there have already been multiple products recalled from dangerous exposure.
More than 25,000 containers of baby food sold at Target were recalled in April over a lead contamination.
Publix voluntarily recalled baby food a month later over the same fear, after the products were distributed to all eight states of operation.
Walmart has grappled with a string of product recalls by officials this year.
Several products sold at Walmart stores nationwide have already been recalled this year
A customer shops for toys at a Walmart Supercenter in Denver, Colorado
One of the company's first recalls of the year was for over 12,000 units of chicken broth sold nationwide following concerns of deadly bacteria contamination.
Duda Farm Fresh Foods pulled its Marketside celery sticks from Walmart stores in 29 states in April due to a potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
Other recalled products sold at Walmart include popular iron supplements, water bottles that left shoppers with permanent vision loss, and Marketside Grilled Chicken Alfredo with Fettucine pasta, which resulted in three deaths from listeria contamination.
A listeria infection usually causes fever, headache and diarrhea in most people, but it can be deadly for pregnant women, newborns, the elderly and those with weak immune systems.
