BALTIMORE - A shipment of children’s toys bound for the U.S. was seized after officials detected that the items were "excessively" coated in unsafe levels of heavy metals, including lead and cadmium.The shipment, which originated in China and was bound for an address in Fairfax, Virginia, was seized on Oct.
4 by Customs and Border Protection. The shipment of seven boxes included nearly 300 packages of Lagori 7 Stones, a popular children’s game in India where children throw a ball at seven stacked square "stones," officials said.The toys were initially inspected on July 16 by a Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) compliance investigator.