Robot Articles – Cleatus Robot Toys Seized for Lead Contamination

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Border Protection officers and officials from the Consumer Product
Safety Commission

seized two containers full of FOX Sports Cleatus Robot
action figures at a Seattle port in January.
The Chinese-made toys, valued at almost $100K, were found to have
unacceptable levels of lead in violation of the Federal Hazardous
Substances Act.


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