100,000 hockey sticks recalled
 

Bauer responds after high lead content found in Chinese-made sticks

By Mark Iype, Canwest News ServiceMarch 19, 2010

One of Canada's largest sports equipment manufacturers is recalling 100,000 children's hockey sticks around the world after Health Canada warned the company of the sticks' high lead content.

"We immediately ordered the sticks pulled from stores," Bauer Hockey CEO Kevin Davis said Thursday in an interview.

Nearly 67,000 of 13 recalled Nike Bauer junior and youth models were sold in Canada between 2004 and 2009, he said. All of the sticks, except one model, were manufactured before 2008 in one of the company's Chinese factories, Davis said.

The worldwide recall is just the latest in a series of incidents involving Chinese-manufactured children's products. The issue first grabbed headlines in 2007 when about 470,000 toys in Canada and 25.6 million in the U.S. were recalled because of lead paint.

Thursday's massive recall was prompted after Health Canada informed Bauer on Feb. 18 that it had conducted a random test and discovered the paint on the Nike Bauer Supreme One50 composite stick contained lead well in excess of the allowable limit.

The Health Canada analysis showed that the recalled sticks contained a total lead level of 2.3 per cent, nearly 40 times the maximum allowable limit of 0.06 per cent, said Stephane Shank, a Health Canada spokesman in an email.

On March 9, Health Canada issued an initial recall of the nearly 8,000 sticks that were sold in Canada. "We immediately began to independently test all 200 models of our hockey sticks," said Jones. The Bauer testing turned up the 12 other models, which have now been ordered off store shelves, he said.

Lead is extremely toxic for young children because they absorb it more easily than adults, making them more susceptible to its harmful effects.

According to Shank, the government agency has proposed lowering the maximum allowable lead level in some children's products to 0.0009 per cent from 0.06 per cent.

Even low-level exposure can delay intellectual development and alter the behaviour, size and hearing of infants, according to Health Canada warnings.

No illnesses related to the hockey stick recall have been reported to Bauer or to Health Canada.

Davis said Bauer has now identified all of the raw materials that were the source of the recall, and a new level of testing has been established so this does not happen again.

© Copyright (c) The Province

Heard about this about a week ago. Its only the Yellow paint on some of their junior sticks. A customer told me theyre warranty-ing it with one95s.

Theyre not recalled in the states though cause their allowance levels for lead in paint is much higher.

But seriously, dont eat/chew on your hockey sticks, i think you ll be fine. If your kids are eating your hockey sticks, lead paint is the least of your problems.

Well. maybe the only case is if they use their gloves to take out and put in their mouthguards. Which is disgusting but I know seen people it.

Then maybe the paint transfers to the gloves to your mouth.

But otherwise, not a big deal.

Those are not children sticks
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What do you mean? They only recalled the Junior versions of those sticks.
An adult would not have any effects with that level of lead in paint if ingested accidentally (I.E. Dont eat your hockey sticks ;))

This is how China is going to own the podium at the next Winter Olympic in Sochi. They'll be the only hockey team with bamboo hockey stick while Canada and US will all be too sick to play due to lead poisoning.

But seriously, the amount of lead in one stick probably doesn't matter. But if you have 8-10 sticks whacking each others. Leads will probably be flying off the sticks. It's probably more problematic than we think. Especially if it's roller hockey where they become dusts and get into the air.

hockey is gay.

your gay.

Moral of this story: Don't buy low end composite sticks

Are you for serious?

My moma says alligators ornery cuz they got all them teeth and no tooth brush.

yea i heard it was only $50-100 sticks only

didn't read it in the article though

Or stick with wood.

But Nike should have some quality control.

Maybe they should just ban composites for kids under a certain age. Parents shouldn't have to spend $100 plus for a hockey stick for their 8 year old.

Actually, that brings up a point, that Nike still owned Bauer when these sticks were made. Now that its back to Bauer itself, maybe QC will be different. But i hear the factories are all still the same so maybe its too soon to tell.

I hate how I love hockey.
I hope my future kids never want to play it.

It's funny how one low tier composite stick can cost so much...
more than it cost to just play another sport like soccer or something.

I'm going to stab you

soccer is for pussies.. well outside North America at least..
at least in North America the players don't dive like little bitches

hockey is only gay outside of canada. u should try watching playoffs
it's quite fun

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You do realize that we COPY the USA standards and guidelines right (HUD guidelines)? And it's not just from chewing on your sticks, its the wear and tear of using the sticks and creating dust from chipping the paint.

lol you can get a decent stick for $150.

http://www.thehockeynews.com/article...ead-paint.html
Guess its the other way around, read it wrong.

Also, i saw the list of sticks today at work, because we hand out warranty/recall info for customers asking about an exchange. There were about 12 sticks on the list. Ranging from the highend one90s, xxx lites, to cheapo one40s and endures.. But only in JUNIOR.

What was the point of posting that in a hockey thread? :facepalm:

Points handed out for such a retarded comment.

Yea i thought it sounded a bit off. Overall, the lead in that paint will not impact the user much. Heck, if your house is plaster made, there is a high possibility of lead in the paint (latex based) even the kitchen wood counters and door frames.