Okay, I made a mistake, I didn't check the Wizards Forum, it's not been deleted, just buried, and I worded my response badly.
I was not trying to accuse Wizards of having harmful toxins in their products.
What I was trying to point out is that you won't get any official answer from WOTC, at least not on their message boards. The only time I can recall WOTC taking strong action is to the A&E leak info. A couple of sets ago thre was rumour that some European countries had banned the minis, I've no idea if this was true. I found it odd because the EU would surely ban them across the whole of Europe if they were dangerous, but they were readily available here in the UK*. WOTC made no comment at the time on this, so I really can't see them answering this now, at least not on their forums.
The poster on WOTC says he did call WOTC and their answer was, I quote, "according to the representative from WOTC with whom I spoke on the phone, there is NOT lead in the paint used for our miniatures."
* At the time the claimed side-effects from the minis toxins, according to many scare monger websites, included Cancer. I developed Cancer after I started collecting Star Wars minis (I'm clear now), so I did look into the evidence of this in detail.
I DO NOT believe there is any such link with cancer and I still collect SWM and the occasional DDM. In fact I think there's as much chance of catching Cancer form a plastic minis as there is catching Tomb Rot.
