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Baltimore Bans Toxic Jewelry Because Feds Won't
A survey this month by Baltimore City Health Commisioner, Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, found that 4 out of 17 samples of children's jewelry sold at area stores had dangerously high levels of lead. At a news conference yesterday, Sharfstein had this to say:
"The fact that we keep finding lead in these products, despite the fact that it's unsafe, is a clear sign that the federal regulation has failed."Baltimore's new regulation will ban the sale of any jewelry found to exceed the federal limit of 600 parts per million of lead. [Baltimore Sun]
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unbelievable that this is happening in the United States, i would expect to see this in China but lead in kids Jewellery in America is nothing short of scandalous. Is there anyway yuo could name and shame thees compannies on your blog, or at least list te products involved for the sake of the kids.