Warning: This toy has asbestos

The nonprofit Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization said the defendants, CBS Corp. and toy maker Planet Toys and several retailers failed to warn consumers the toy crime scene kits contained tremolite asbestos, a hazardous lethal material that causes cancer.

The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleges that laboratory tests revealed the fingerprint dusting powder with asbestos. The kit is modeled after the popular TV show, CSI.
Planet Toys Inc pulled the kits from the market late last year but said that multiple tests had shown no traces of asbestos. Some of the kits were manufactured in China, the source of millions of toys recalled last year for lead paint and other hazards such as small magnets.

The Asbesto Disease Awareness Organization seeks a court order to stop sales of the kits unless they carry the warning and to require the companies to allow purchasers to return the kits for a full refund.

CBS ended its licensing agreement with Planet Toys for the kits after the alleged asbestos issue arose.

See: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080412/tv_nm/cbs_toys_asbestos_dc