Dollar Tree will have to pay nearly $200,000 after toxic school supplies were found during an investigation by the AG's Office.
A sign is posted in front of a Dollar Tree store on March 13, 2024. requiring the national retailer to pay $190,000 to thoroughly test its children’s products. According to Ferguson, Dollar Tree had illegal levels of toxic heavy metals lead and cadmium in its products.The news release stated to avoid a lawsuit, Greenbrier International, doing business as Dollar Tree, signed the agreement in King County Superior Court.
The Washington State Department of Ecology found four times the amount of legal lead in some pencil pouches sold at Dollar Tree stores. According to the news release, when the AG’s Office informed Dollar Tree, the company came back with documentation from laboratories outside of the U.S. showing the levels were not illegal. The AG’s Office then had an outside expert investigate which revealed errors and missing information.
“When I buy products for my kids, I expect them to be safe from toxic metals,” Ferguson said in the news release. “Companies that sell products to children must ensure they are safe. If they don’t, they will hear from my office.”Lead, according to the AG’s Office, can cause a variety of neurological problems in children. Large amounts can lead to organ failure and death.
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