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Consumer Confidential: Toys, toys and soda pop

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Here’s your wonderfully Wednesday roundup of consumer news from around the Web:

-- Get the lead out. That’s the message from the California attorney general’s office to six major retailers found still to have toys on their shelves containing lead. ‘These products must be removed from store shelves at once to protect our kids from toxic lead exposure,’ Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown told Walmart, Target, TJ Maxx, Sears, Walgreens and Tuesday Morning. More info is available here.

--Speaking of which, the Consumer Products Safety Commission is trying to get the word out to parents about new federal rules regarding toy safety. Here’s what they have to say.

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--Don’t go looking to Costco if you want to score some Coke (as in cola). The retail giant has removed Coca-Cola products from its shelves because of a pricing dispute with the sugar-water maker. Both sides are trying to remain diplomatic amid the spat, but it’s clear things have escalated to an ugly level. Maybe not a bad time to try some fruit juice instead.

-- David Lazarus

Photo: Jakks Pacific

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