"RadioGuy" wrote in message
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Childrens books (including Alfred Morgan's) before 1985 are being destroyed
due to lead content in the ink as per Consumer Product Safety Commission
ruling.

Sounds dumb, but I'm not surprised. One of the downsides of living in a
relatively modern society, I guess.

With the "lead in toys from China" fiasco last year, the lost Goodwills
stopped accepting any toys 100%, apparently figuring that many consumers would
use them as a "dumping ground" for recalled toys and not have the resources to
verify whether specific incoming toys were on the recall list. :-(