Parents warned about lead-laced Reebok bracelet

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Parents warned about lead-laced Reebok bracelet

Parents warned about lead-laced Reebok bracelet
Last Updated Wed, 29 Mar 2006 19:54:43 EST
CBC News

Health Canada has issued a warning about a bracelet that Reebok handed out with children's shoes because the charm could pose a severe risk to kids.

"The heart-shaped charm on the bracelet may contain a very high level of lead and pose a risk of lead poisoning to children if sucked, chewed or swallowed," the federal agency said Wednesday.

A four-year-old boy in Minnesota died from lead poisoning in February after ingesting one of the charms. Health Canada has not had any reports of Canadian children being harmed.

About 6,140 were distributed in Canada and nearly 300,000 in the U.S., Health Canada said.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/03/29/bracelet-lead060329.html

Nice to know that they are still able to react.

How about looking at some of those candles.

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