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From: waycott@mot.UUCP (John Waycott)
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Subject: Re: "Comfy" Dolls
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Date: Wed, 8-Jan-86 20:06:18 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan  8 20:06:18 1986
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> I thought I would pass on some info
> I heard regarding "Comfy" dolls.
> It seems the doll's stuffing is contaminated
> with insecticide/pesticide.

> Has anyone heard of anything else?
> 
A local paper here had an article just after Christmas concerning these
dolls.  According to the article, California health officials claim that
the dolls are contaminated with insecticide and petroleum products.
Federal officals say that there is no problem.

The article also said that the U.S. distributor will give anyone a
full refund if it is returned (I can't remember who that is).  They
also suggested that you have the doll tested by the local Health
Department.

My daughter got two of these dolls for Christmas, and after reading
the article we inspected the dolls and noticed a very heavy smell,
similary to petroleum based products like "Raid".  Since the dolls
were so cheap, we decided it was not worth the effort to return
them so we destroyed them.  One of our neighbor's got one of the
dolls for her daughter, but it seemed to smell okay.

-- 
John Waycott, Motorola Microsystems, Tempe, AZ, (602) 438-3164
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