Troy-Bilt Children's Gardening Gloves recall: Lead Poisoning Hazard
Troy-Bilt Recalls Children's Gardening Gloves Due to Lead Poisoning Hazard
Why was Troy-Bilt Children's Gardening Gloves recalled?
The stamp-painted logo on the backside of the gardening gloves contains high levels of lead. Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health effects.
What should I do if I have this product?
Consumers should take these gloves away from children immediately, and contact the firm to exchange the gloves for a free kid-size gardener's apron. Troy-Bilt is directly contacting consumers who purchased these gloves. Contact: For additional information, our call Troy-Bilt toll-free at (888) 848-6038 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, or visit the firm's Web site at www.troybilt.com
What to do with a recalled product: refunds, receipts, safe disposal and how to report a problem.
Is my product affected?
Compare the item in your hand with every identifier below from the official CPSC record. Only products that match the listed product and identifiers are part of this recall.
- Product
- Budding Gardener Complete Gardening Set
- Company
- MTD Products Inc, of Valley City, Ohio (Troy-Bilt is an MTD brand)
- Quantity
- About 80
- Sold at
- The Troy-Bilt Web site, www.troybilt.com, from February 2006 through January 2007 for about $50 for the set.
- Recall date
- May 16, 2007
- Incidents / injuries
- None reported.
- Agency
- CPSC
Product description
The Budding Gardener Complete Gardening Set included a wheel barrel, sprinkling can, pair of gardening gloves, hand tools and seeds. The gloves are yellow on one side and white with rubber dots on the other side. The gloves have a picture of four children in a field, with "The Budding Gardners" written in red around the picture.