I was shocked when I came in today to show my young son what we can do to help the environment, when I saw this story. My daughter is a HUGE Hannah Montana fan and has MANY of her toy, clothes, and accesories. I started to read the story and got more and more angry. I was already starting to get disgusted with the way the Hannah Montanna company was cashing in on my little girl, espescially when after we tried to get tickets to a show and some were $1,000. What is wrong with our world when we are charging little girls that kind of money to see a "pop star" , who by the way Hollywood's bringing them up, will not even be the type of role model I want my daughter looking up to. But then now reading that they have not taken the measures to make sure that the products they are selling to our kids is safe, I am finally fed up. My daughter has one of the items on the list, that she bought with money from her allowence that she had worked hard for, and now I have to see the look on her face when I tell her she can't keep it because it's not safe. That is so wrong, they should be ashamed for not taking the measures to sell safe products. Maybe when making toys and pretty much anything that is sold to the public, these people should think about these kids and thier safety, that's the most important factor here, not money.

Very interesting, and I would commend the folks behind this for creating some awareness about the products, and showing the different standards that exist.

Still unclear to me is the role Hannah played in this study (I suspect the NGO was acting alone), and what changes Hannah has in mind to fix the problem.

To be clear, products with lead paint are not a "China" problem, it is a problem of brands outsourcing to China using a Drive-Thru window approach.

Following the scnadal of last summer, I have seen an improvement in attitude and awareness of some brands, but an attitude of "it won't happen to me" is still far too prevalent.

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"But it seems to me that with all of the revelations we’ve had in the last year over lead, the folks pitching stuff bearing one of the most saleable faces in Tweenland today should have done a better job testing the products they put on the shelves"

The problem with all this licensed stuff is that the people selling it aren't really identifiable, they are a licensee and therefore it's not their reputation that will take a hit if this stuff is recalled.

Add to this the fact that this type of product is produced dirt cheap and sold at a huge mark up, and the fact that the majority of the products recalled probably won't ever be returned and it makes good economic sense not to really care about whether these products are contaminated or not.

There should be stricter penalties for companies who allow contaminated product onto the market, including holding individual directors criminally responsible.

I recently got some coffee mugs for easter from my mother-in-law and I do not want to use them because there are warnings all over the mug stating that there is lead in the paint. That's just crazy to put this paint on something that you are going to drink out of.

Dear China at the Crossroads,
When I read your comment about what "role Hannah played in the study, and what changes Hannah has in mind to fix the problem." it made me wonder how much you know about Hannah Montana, and the girl in the top of the picture. Hannah Montana as a person does not exist. It is a character created by someone who was paid by Disney.
The girl at the top is Destiny (Miley) Cyrus. She is a singer and actress hired by Disney, and who VERY LIKELY signed away any rights to decision making as to the use of her image as Hannah Montana. She was probably paid handsomely for this, but still when she started doing this show she probaly had little idea how popular it would become, and likely trusted Disney to handle things.
While I'm not 100% certain I'd be willing to bet the responsibility for this issue falls on Disney.

The most important thing is that we should change the manufactures' attitude. First quality, then profit! That's what Chinese government has been doing all along. We try our best to improve our products' quality and make "made in china"
accepted by people all around the world.

The most important thing is that we should change the manufactures' attitude. First quality, then profit! That's what Chinese government has been doing all along. We try our best to improve our products' quality and make "made in china"
accepted by people all around the world.

The most important thing is that we should change the manufactures' attitude. First quality, then profit! That's what Chinese government has been doing all along. We try our best to improve our products' quality and make "made in china"
accepted by people all around the world.

It has nothing to do with China, but rather with the mindset of customers that continue to demand "lower prices!" To provide lower prices, the quality of the product must be reduced, therefore, leading to harmful practices like using more lead paint than is allowed to meet the requirements of the COMPANIES that wish to make a larger profit from their brands and to meet the "lower prices!" demand by consumers.

The Chinese government should protect us from the greed of the companies our own government is subsidizing.

Did we expect Miley Ray Cyrus to understand what products were being produced under her movie?

It is Disney that decides what products to have made for their movies, and what quality they should be. The problem is not limited to Hannah Montanna, but includes ALL Disney products that now fall under suspicion of being unsafe.