Jingle Bells, Toxic Toys, Santa’s on the Way

Jingle Bells, Toxic Toys, Santa’s on the Way

by Mike Hall, Dec 17, 2007

A chorus of kids on YouTube has a holiday message for the Bush administration, Congress and toy manufacturers.

Set to the tune of the holiday classic “Jingle Bells,” the kids plead:

Toxic toys, toxic toys.

Make them go away.

Please don’t bring us toxic toys

This year on Christmas day-ay.

Toxic toys, toxic toys.

They will make us sick.

Better check the recall list

And notify St. Nick.

Over the past year, we’ve seen headlines about lead-tainted toys and other toxic products hitting our store shelves—usually made in China for U.S. manufacturers seeking the cheapest labor possible. Tens of millions of well-known and popular toys have been recalled.

The video is the newest addition in the United Steelworkers (USW) campaign: ”Protect Our Kids—Stop Toxic Imports.” The campaign features ”Safe Home Events” in which parents, with the help of USW safety experts, can test their kids toys for lead