Lead in Disney Children's Jewelry

[Sarangel]

Check those Toyboxes:

A Disney-brand bracelet and other children's jewelry purchased at Disneyland resort contain dangerously high levels of lead — in one instance 275 times the legal limit for lead in paint, according to an Oakland-based environmental group's report being released today.
In one instance, the coating on a Disney bracelet purchased at an Oakland Walgreens contained nearly 17 percent lead, or 166,000 parts-per-million lead. The coating of a children's necklace, labeled "lead-free" and purchased at Disneyland, contained almost 2 percent lead, or 19,000 ppm, according to tests done by the Center for Environmental Health.

The legal limit for lead in paint is 0.06 percent, or 600 ppm.

"I look at the coating as very similar to lead paint. It's something that could easily chip off or that your kids could chew off," said Charles Margulis, CEH's spokesman.

"If you had that much lead in your paint, there'd be a national recall."

The center filed a legal notice against Disney under California's Proposition 65, the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, and called on the company to order an immediate recall.

Disney on Monday expressed surprise at the allegations — and wondered why CEH never contacted the company about its concerns.

"Obviously, we're in the business of family entertainment. We have an entire division to work with all of our licensees to make sure all our products are of the highest order of kid safety," said spokesman Gary Foster. "We require all our licensees and those manufacturing Disney products to adhere to every environmental and safety standard in place."

Lead, a potent neurotoxin, is particularly harmful to young children and fetuses. Last month a 6-year-old girl in San Jose suffered lead poisoning from a charm bracelet purchased at a craft

 

[Brwhite]

How sad. The breacelt was probably made as cheaply as possible by some company who paid pennies a day to someone in a third-world country to make it. All the while Disney had no clue