Styles for Less? More like Styles with Lead!
Yes, once again, the Center for Environmental Health has discovered another retailer selling lead-tainted jewelry . Styles for Less, a “junior and misses retail store”, markets to young “tween” and teenage girls, who are particularly at risk from lead exposures, as...The Latest Lead-Tainted Disney Product: Reusable Bags
Hold on to your groceries folks—there’s a new lead-tainted Disney product discovered by the Center for Environmental Health: Disney “Cars” and “Toy Story” reusable plastic bags from Safeway. An independent lab tested the bags and found more than 15 times the federal...Good and Bad News for Holiday Shoppers: Top Toys Are Safe, But Some Lead-Tainted Products Remain
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November 24, 2010
Children’s products and adult jewelry found with lead
High Levels of Lead in Kids’ Products – Yet WalMart May Continue to Sell Tainted Items
Toy jewelry, furniture and other children’s products violate federal safety standards
Parents Warned: Bounce Houses Pose Lead Hazard to Children
CEH, California Attorney General File Lawsuits to End Health Threat from Inflatable Bounce Houses
Contact: Charles Margulis, 510.655.3900 x305; Caroline Cox, 510.655.3900 x308
Tween Brands Recalls Children’s Metal Jewelry Due to High Levels of Cadmium
Jeff Donn, The Associated Press, July 13, 2010Washington D.C.About 137,000 pieces of imported children’s jewelry sold at two stores popular with preteen girls — Justice and Limited Too — were recalled Tuesday for high levels of cadmium, the latest in a series of...Leading Artificial Turf Companies Agree to End Lead Threats to Children
Confessions of a Young Man’s Love For Jewelry… Compliance Testing
If you were to search for men who admit to frequenting Claire’s Boutique – where your teenage daughters shop for clothes, jewelry, and other fashion accessories with short shelf lives – I am quite certain that you would spend a long time looking. I visit this store...Jewelry Labeled “Lead Free” and for Kids Found with High Levels of Lead
Contact: Caroline Cox, 541-654-2626;