Lead in toys: Are you rethinking your holiday purchases?
- November 19, 2009 10:52 AM |
- By POV
Rethinking your holiday purchases after lead found in toys?
Seven name-brand toys, including Barbie accessories, Disney gear and a Dora the Explorer tote, have turned up high levels of lead in tests by a California-based advocacy group.
The Center for Environmental Health in Oakland, Calif., tested about 250 children's products bought at major retailers and found lead levels that exceeded federal limits in seven of them. Lead can cause irreversible brain damage.
Among those with high lead levels: a Barbie Bike Flair Accessory Kit and a Disney Tinkerbell Water Lily necklace. The group said it also found excessive lead in a Dora the Explorer activity tote, two pairs of children's shoes, a boys belt and a kids' poncho.
California Attorney General Jerry Brown has sent letters to Target, Wal-Mart and the other retailers who sold the seven products, warning that children's goods on their store shelves were found to contain illegal levels of lead and should be pulled immediately.
Are you rethinking your holiday purchases? What toys will you be avoiding this holiday season?
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