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Nintendo pins recalled due to lead content (view source)
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Nintendo of America has announced a recall of metal character lapel pins after excess amounts of lead were discovered. The pins were given away as promotional items and sold at Nintendo's two physical retail stores in New York City and Redmond, Wash. between April 2004 and Nov. 2007. | Nintendo of America has announced a recall of metal character lapel pins after excess amounts of lead were discovered. The pins were given away as promotional items and sold at Nintendo's two physical retail stores in New York City and Redmond, Wash. between April 2004 and Nov. 2007. | ||
The Pokémon pin was {{p|Pikachu}} | The only Pokémon pin to be featured in a pin was {{p|Pikachu}}. | ||
Nintendo said it purchased the pins from an outside supplier, and the lead levels in them exceed the amount permitted in children's products by the U.S. government. | Nintendo said it purchased the pins from an outside supplier, and the lead levels in them exceed the amount permitted in children's products by the U.S. government. | ||