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A previous, less sweeping bill, the Lead-Free Toys Act (H.R. 3473, sponsored by Representative Henry Waxman), was incorporated into this act. The earlier bill was prompted by various scandals over high lead content in toys, including a December 2006 report at Waxman's behest showing high lead levels in items sold in U.S. Capitol gift shops.
Some of the nation's biggest department stores, including Bloomingdale's, Nordstrom, Sears and Walmart have been selling lead-tainted jewelry, and others are offering contaminated toys, including ...
During the end of the 20th century, the blood lead levels deemed acceptable steadily declined. [297] Blood lead levels once considered safe are now considered hazardous, with no known safe threshold. [97] [298] In the late 1950s through the 1970s Herbert Needleman and Clair Cameron Patterson did research trying to prove lead's toxicity to ...
Toymaker Schylling Associates, which makes classic toys including many with the Curious George and Thomas & Friends brands, was accused of knowingly selling tens of thousands of its products that ...
According to the FDA, the acceptable levels of lead in baby food are as follows: 10 parts per billion (ppb) for fruits, vegetables (excluding single-ingredient root vegetables), mixtures ...
[12] [13] It is dangerous to children because it tastes sweet, therefore encouraging children to put lead chips and toys with lead dust in their mouths. Lead paint can cause reproductive problems, including a decrease in sperm concentration in men. [14] Lead is also considered a likely carcinogen. High levels of exposure can be lethal.
The state of New York sued Target Corp, Walmart Inc and toy importer LaRose Industries on Thursday over the sale of "Cra-Z-Jewelz" jewelry-making kits. New York sues Target, Walmart over lead ...
Consumer Reports, a nonprofit that conducts independent product testing, has found that three types of Lunchables sold in stores contain lead and other heavy metals.