Crayons color school landscape for decades.

Pueblo Chieftain (Pueblo, Colorado);  August 22, 2006 ;     787 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...

Crayons Recalled For Lead

Chicago Sun-Times;  April 5, 1994 ;   Harry F. Rosenthal;   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 ;   Ray Delgado;   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...

Reports From Two Labs -- Crayons Contain Asbestos

Yakima Herald-Republic;  May 24, 2000 ;     382 words ......reported Tuesday that two labs found asbestos in crayons, sending public-health and art-industry officials...government- certified labs found asbestos in crayons made by Crayola, Prang and Rose Art. Of 40 crayons that were tested from the three major brands...

Asbestos reported in crayons

Sunday Gazette-Mail;  May 24, 2000 ;   The Associated Press;   623 words ......reported Tuesday that two labs found asbestos in crayons, sending public health and art industry officials...government-certified labs found asbestos in crayons made by Crayola, Prang and Rose Art. Of 40 crayons that were tested from the three major brands...

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...

Report: Asbestos Found in Crayons

AP Online;  May 23, 2000 ;     665 words ......Online 05-23-2000 Report: Asbestos Found in Crayons SEATTLE (AP) -- A newspaper reported Tuesday that two labs found asbestos in crayons, sending public-health and art-industry...government-certified labs found asbestos in crayons made by Crayola, Prang and Rose Art. Of...

Crayola Says Its Crayons Are Safe

AP Online;  May 24, 2000 ;   JENNIFER BROWN, Associated Press Writer;   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...

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

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  May 30, 2007 ;   ERIC HSU, STAFF WRITER;   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 ;   MARILEE LOBODA BRAUE, Consumer Writer;   787 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...

Report Targets Asbestos in Crayons

AP Online;  May 23, 2000 ;     637 words ......05-23-2000 Report Targets Asbestos in Crayons SEATTLE (AP) -- A newspaper reported Tuesday...government-certified labs found asbestos in crayons, sending public-health and art-industry...reported that the labs found asbestos in crayons made by Crayola, Prang and Rose Art. Of...

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

Arts & Activities;  September 1, 2008 ;   Hiller, Peter;   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 ;   Donnelly, Claire;   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...

Colorful trivia about Crayons — blue is favorite hue

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  May 23, 2003 ;     277 words ...Binney & Smith produces nearly 3 billion crayons each year, an average of 12 million wax...to circle the globe six times. Crayola crayons are made from paraffin wax and colored...Americans are true blue when it comes to crayons. Out of all the colors, blue ranked No...