Recall: Stanley Jr. Kids Garden Sets Are Unsafe for Children Due to Lead Levels, Class Action Suit Alleges

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Red Toolbox USA faces a proposed class action lawsuit that alleges the recalled long handle hoe and rake found in the company’s Stanley Jr. Kids Wheelbarrow and 7-Piece Garden Sets are unsafe to use given that the toys contain levels of lead that exceed the federal lead paint ban.

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The 23-page recall lawsuit against Red Toolbox USA, whose brands include Stanley Jr., Black+Decker, Tasty Junior, Oklahoma Joe’s and Char-Broil, claims the company failed to disclose to consumers or on product labels that the toys come with a risk of lead poisoning. More than 459,000 of the Stanley Jr. Kids products at issue were recalled in the U.S. by Red Toolbox on September 12, 2024, with the defendant urging consumers to immediately stop using the long handle hoe and rake and take them away from children.

The recall covered only the rake and hoe in the Stanley Jr. Kids Wheelbarrow and 7-Piece Garden Sets bearing the model number 1662178 and with a manufacturing date of 12.2023.

Although there is no comprehensive ban in the United States on lead in toys, the complaint says, it is illegal for a product’s paint to contain a more than 0.06-percent concentration of lead, which can lead to nerve damage, learning and behavioral problems and other serious issues if ingested.

The filing stresses that the Stanley Jr. Kids toys are marketed and advertised specifically toward children, for whom exposure to lead-based paint and lead-contaminated dust can be especially dangerous.

“Plaintiffs bargained for a garden toy set that was safe for their children to use,” the suit reads. “Defendant’s Products were, and still are, unsafe due to the risk of poisoning because of the level of lead that can be found in them.”

The case notes that other companies make and sell non-poisonous toys, evidencing the fact that the lead poisoning risk inherent to the kids wheelbarrow and garden toy sets is “demonstrably avoidable.”

According to the lawsuit, proposed class members have been injured financially as a result of buying a “worthless and dangerous” product under the presumption that it was safe for its intended use.

The recall lawsuit looks to cover all individuals in the United States who bought the long handle hoe and rake contained in the Stanley Jr. Kids Wheelbarrow and 7-Piece Garden Sets with the model number 1662178 and a manufacturing date of 12.2023.

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