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Health Canada recalls plastic toys

The toy guns and binoculars were made in China and imported bySymak Sales Co. Inc., St.-Laurent, Que.Health Canada is also recalling 164, 15.2 cm tall horseshoe magnetswhich have a red plastic coating on the handle end.The department says the surface paint on the magnet also containsdangerous levels of lead.The plastic toys magnets were sold between March 2003 and April 2008 in Alberta,Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Ontario and Manitoba at EducationStation, Helping Hands Tools for Parents, J & M Kool Ltd.,Kidsource Inc., Dynamic Learning Toys and Supreme Learning Productsstores. The magnets were manufactured in China by Dowling Magnetsof Sonoma, California.Health Canada is advising parents the recalled toys shouldimmediately be taken away from children and safely disposed of.To date, it has not received any reports of illness or injuryrelated to the use of these toys.Canwest News Service 2008