Dear Parents & Students,
As you know, product safety continues to be a major issue, especially in light of well-publicized toy recalls of recent months. Consistent with McGraw-Hill Education’s commitment to all matters related to product safety, we recently instructed each of our major vendors to verify that all of the products they supply to us comply with applicable lead paint requirements.
While we had not received any complaints or reports of problems, we took these steps because providing safe, high-quality education products is highly important to us. Of the hundreds of items tested by our vendor, we were informed that a small number of manipulatives contained excess levels of lead paint.
We immediately informed the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and proactively took the necessary steps to voluntarily recall the affected items. It is important to note that the recall affects only a small number of our manipulatives, and it does not impact any of our other products.
Going forward, we are requiring our vendors to use an independent, qualified laboratory to conduct both pre-market and production tests to verify compliance with all applicable safety standards before any product is delivered to us. We remain deeply committed to providing safe, high-quality education products.
If you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact our hotline at 1.888.240.2730.