Reports From Two Labs -- Crayons Contain Asbestos

Yakima Herald-Republic;  May 24, 2000 ;     382 words ......or making crayons. And asbestos-related illness tends to...who make crayons. Virtually all asbestos-related illness affects the...our shot at crayons ... and we'...correlations (to asbestos-related illness) in youngsters...

Asbestos reported in crayons

Sunday Gazette-Mail;  May 24, 2000 ;     623 words ......or making crayons. And asbestos-related illness tends to...who make crayons. Virtually all asbestos-related illness affects the...our shot at crayons ... and we'...correlations [to asbestos-related illness] in youngsters...

Report: Asbestos Found in Crayons

AP Online;  May 23, 2000 ;     648 words ......or making crayons. And asbestos-related illness tends to...who make crayons. Virtually all asbestos-related illness affects the...our shot at crayons ... and we'...correlations (to asbestos-related illness) in youngsters...

Crayons color school landscape for decades.

Pueblo Chieftain (Pueblo, Colorado);  August 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ......creativity, a friend to pint-sized Picassos. Crayons. They've been around forever - remember...recognize them today. Crayola now makes crayons with built-in erasers and twistable points...more peeling off the paper or breaking crayons in sharpeners designed for pencils. Slick...

COLOR THEM CAUTIOUS: FEDS RECALL TOXIC CRAYONS

Post-Tribune (IN);  April 6, 1994 ;     398 words ......check your kids' crayon boxes. Millions of crayons imported from China contain enough lead...children who might eat or chew on these crayons." Eight other brands, it said, have lead...chewing on small pieces of lead-containing crayons over a span of time." "No children's product...

Crayons Recalled For Lead

Chicago Sun-Times;  April 5, 1994 ;     302 words ......Commission today recalled 11 brands of crayons imported from China - including one brand...because they contain lead. "Throw these crayons in the trash or take them back to the...children who might eat or chew on the crayons." They are "121 Jumbo Crayons," distributed...

Imported Lead-Tainted Crayons Recalled as a Potential Hazard

The Washington Post;  April 6, 1994 ;     458 words ......regulators yesterday recalled 740,000 boxes of crayons imported from China over the past four...potentially poisonous levels of lead. The crayons consist of 11 brands. Three brands have...suffered from lead poisoning caused by the crayons, the agency said. Lead poisoning can cause...

Lead-Tainted Crayons Ordered Out of Stores

Chicago Sun-Times;  April 6, 1994 ;     294 words ......Commission on Tuesday recalled 11 brands of crayons imported from China that contain lead and urged parents who bought the crayons to throw them away or return them for refunds. Hundreds of thousands of the crayons have been sold across the country, the...

RECALLED CRAYONS

Chicago Sun-Times;  April 6, 1994 ;     137 words ...Following are the crayons ordered recalled and the companies that imported them: "12 Jumbo Crayons," Concord Enterprises, Los Angeles. "Safe 48 Non-Toxic I'm a Toys `R' Us Kid! Crayons," Toys `R' Us, Paramus, N.J. "12 Crayons, Glory" and "18 Crayons...

For kids: 'Green' crayons!(THE HOME FORUM)

The Christian Science Monitor;  October 28, 2008 ;     647 words ......soybeans? Soybeans are a versatile vegetable that can be used to make fuel for vehicles, candles, and even crayons. That's right - crayons! Crayons have been a staple in schools for more than 100 years, and most of the time they're made from paraffin...

Crayola Says Its Crayons Are Safe

AP Online;  May 24, 2000 ;     441 words ......Writer AP Online 05-24-2000 Crayola Says Its Crayons Are Safe Responding to a published report that crayons contain asbestos, the nation's leading crayon...late Tuesday that found no asbestos in its crayons. No more details were released about those...other independent labs about the safety ...

Cliffside's recycling lesson: new life for used-up crayons

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  May 30, 2007 ;     525 words ......recycling lesson: new life for used-up crayons By ERIC HSU, STAFF WRITER Date: 05-30...Edtion: All Editions CLIFFSIDE PARK — Crayons are a constant in Leanne O'Connor's world...boxes 20 at a time. "Kids always need crayons," she said. "They just go through them...

COLOR SOME CRAYONS TOXIC

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  April 6, 1994 ;     700+ words ......Bergen County, NJ) 04-06-1994 COLOR SOME CRAYONS TOXIC -- IMPORTS CONTAIN HIGH LEVELS OF...and safety hazards, add a new danger: crayons. The federal government said Tuesday that millions of crayons imported from China, including a brand...

Creating with Crayons.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Video recording...

Arts & Activities;  September 1, 2008 ;     222 words ...CREATING WITH CRAYONS. DVD/28 min./$29.95. Level: Elementary. Crystal Productions. As basic as crayons are to an art program, they possess more...this DVD through numerous different uses of crayons and also demonstrates the use of a variety...

Health alert on deadly asbestos found in crayons.(News)

Sunday Mirror (London, England);  May 28, 2000 ;     205 words ......Britain's most popular brand of children's crayons. Scientists in America tested three brands...and found more than 80 per cent of the crayons contained traces of the potentially lethal...contained in talc used to colour and bind the crayons. Some shades had more asbestos than others...