On February 26th, TheKiddoSpace issued a voluntary recall of several children’s learn and play toys due to potential lead contamination:
| Product Name | Details | Recall Details | Images |
| Block and Cursive Handwriting Practice Kits | About 19,700 online at thekiddospacestore.com and Amazon from February 2024 through February 2025 for between $24 and $50. | The nib of the pens in these kits contain lead levels above the federal lead content ban. |   |
| Rectangular and Animal Shaped Talking Flashcard Toy | About 4,000 units sold online at thekiddospacestore.com and Amazon from October 2023 through February 2025 for between $30 and $50. | These toys contain lead and phthalate levels above federal safety limits and do not meet required safety standards for battery-operated toys. |   |
| Felt Christmas Tree Toy Play Sets | About 300 units sold online at thekiddospacestore.com from November 2023 through February 2025 for between $13 and $40. | This toy contains lead levels above the federal lead content ban and does not meet required safety standards for battery-operated toys. |  |
Why Is This a Concern?
There is no safe level of exposure to heavy metals. Small amounts of lead in a child’s body can lead to permanent health and developmental effects, such as learning disorders, developmental delays, and other long-term health problems. Lead can build up in the body over time, which can lead to kidney dysfunction, hypertension, and neurocognitive effects in adulthood. Lead exposure is also harmful to pregnant people and their unborn baby.
Similarly, phthalate exposure also increases children’s risk to learning, attention, and behavioral problems.1 It can also increase the risk of pregnancy complications, such as preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, preterm birth, low birth weight, and even pregnancy loss.2
What Should You Do?
- Keep the products away from children immediately.
- Return to the place of purchase OR follow the instructions below and contact info@thekiddospace.com for a full refund or replacement.
- Handwriting Practice Kits: Safely dispose of pens and refills and send a photo of the disposed products to the company.
- Animal Talking Flashcard Toy: Write “RECALLED” in permanent marker on the unit and submit a photo to the company to receive a replacement toy of at least equal value, then safely dispose of the toy.
- Rectangular Talking Flashcard Toy: Cut the USB cable and submit a photo of it to the company to receive a free replacement, then safely dispose of the cable.
- Felt Christmas Tree Toy: Write “RECALLED” on the tree and storage box and submit a photo to the company, then safely dispose of the toy.
- Call your healthcare provider if you are concerned about potential lead exposure and ask about a blood lead level test.
Read the official CPSC announcements below:
References
- Engel SM, Patisaul HB, Brody C, et al. Neurotoxicity of Ortho-Phthalates: Recommendations for Critical Policy Reforms to Protect Brain Development in Children. Am J Public Health. 2021;111(4):687-695. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2020.306014
- Hlisníková, H., Petrovičová, I., Kolena, B., Šidlovská, M., & Sirotkin, A. (2020). Effects and Mechanisms of Phthalates’ Action on Reproductive Processes and Reproductive Health: A Literature Review. International journal of environmental research and public health, 17(18), 6811. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17186811