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I could use your help today.
Today (Sunday – 2/20/22) I am drafting a letter to the CPSC (United States Consumer Product Safety Commission) about toxicants I have found in the children’s Paparazzi jewelry. I will be requesting that they initiate a comprehensive federally mandated recall of these products.
Since the Paparazzi corporate labeling states these items are for use by kids age 14 & up, but clearly the company encouraged that they be sold for use by very young children, I need more examples of links or screenshots (to websites or social media posts) with consultants advertising these items for sale with the intention that they are appropriate (& safe) to be used by young children.
The intention is NOT to blame particular consultants but to show that this is a “misunderstanding” across the board (a misunderstanding that these pieces are safe for use by young children and could be sold for use by young children) and that this level of “misunderstanding” could only have been generated by intentional corporate misrepresentation of the product (including misrepresentation inherent in the designs, styling and sizing of the products.)
REQUEST: Please send a link and screenshot of each relevant posts to me at TamaraRubin@mac.com. I have about 10 example already but I think plausable deniability from Paparazzi can be thrown out the window if we can assemble hundreds of examples. Please put “Paparazzi” in the subject line of any emails related to this that you send to me. I will publish my final letter to the CPSC on my website (LeadSafeMama.com / TamaraRubin.com) so that you all may use the language (and the linked information) to make separate CPSC complaints. If the CPSC is flooded with coherent, articulate, well written complaints regarding these products they will not be able to ignore the concern.
– Thank you.
Please also encourage consultants to take down these posts once you have recorded them, as I do not want them to be held personally responsible for selling a product for use by young children that is unsafe and likely illegal to sell to be used by children (now that the information that these products are unsafe (as they contain significant levels of heavy metals) is available to the public – via my website.)
Hi Tamara,
I am very concerned about the situation with Paparazzi Accessories and Jewelry. I purchased many gifts for my nieces from my friend who just has been selling Paparazzi for about a year. She would be so upset to know about this problem!!
Two of my nieces are five and six years old the rest of them are young adults. Does all the jewelry contain lead and other unsafe metals for any person?? The whole reason why I purchased this jewelry is because I thought it was Lead Free and Nickel Free. Please let me know if there is any action that I can help you with as well as any action that I can take.
I am so fed up with these companies that lie and do not take responsibility for their actions. Thank you so much for all the work that you do.
Hi Tamara
I just signed up to sell this crap@ the end of January and was told it was lead and nickel free and due to their symbolism I got out yesterday.
(Like the children’s ring yellow has a pedophila symbol on it)
Have you tested any adult jewelry recently? I have plenty and they will not give me back what I paid and will only select what they want! Crazy right?