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High levels of lead present in popular toys, according to health group
According to The Center for Environmental Health, at least 7 popular toys available in the marketplace today have levels of lead that exceed federal limits. The group tested 250 toys and determined that excessive lead was present in a Barbie Bike Flair...
Tags: lead, toys, children, recall, safety, health, Toy, Sears, Wal-Mart, Walgreens, Target Corporation, Barbie, Mattel, popular toys
Toys With High Levels Of LEAD!
Be cautious when buying toys with the Barbie and Disney logos. These have high levels of Lead: 1)Barbie Bike Flair Accessory Kit 2)Disney Tinkerbell Water Lily Necklace 3)Dora The Explorer Activity Tote Lead can cause irreversible brain damage. ...
Tags: lead, toys, safety, brain, damage, xmas, shopping, caution, Barbie, Disney, Dora, products, high, levels, Barbie Bike Flair Accessory Kit, Lily Necklace, health
Developing World: Lead Poisoning Predicted To Rise
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 7 days ago
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Our research concludes that emissions from the lead batteries needed to power these computers will exceed 1,250,000 tons in the next decade," added Mr Gottesfeld, who is the Executive Director of Occupational Knowledge international (OK International)...
Tags: lead batteries, lead poisoning, lead emissions, Mr Gottesfeld, San Francisco, Pollution, Battery, Lead-acid battery, Lithium-ion battery, Lead, Recyclable materials, Electronic waste, Recycling, Environment
Frisco plant exceeds new limit on lead levels
Tehrān :: Iran | 8 days ago
Credibility Even with no expansion, airborne lead levels around the 45-year-old vehicle battery recycler are among the highest measured anywhere in the country. As recently as last year, they came close to the Environmental Protection Agency's legal limit for lead...
Tags: EPA, lead level, Dr. Deborah Cory-Slechta, ones lead, federal limit, Dr. Bruce Lanphear, cubic meter, nonattainment area, iq loss, Frisco, Iran, Tehrān, Frisco Texas, Air Quality Index, Blood lead level, Lead, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Lead poisoning
Bosman and Smith lead rout of England
Loots Bosman fell one blow short of recording only the second century in Twenty20 internationals, and Graeme Smith made a statement of his own by hammering 88 from 44 balls, as South Africa responded to their defeat in Friday's first T20I at the Wanderers...
Chinese abandon lead-poisoned villages
Beijing :: China | 10 days ago
Credibility About 15,000 people will be evacuated from Chinese villages poisoned by decades of lead manufacturing, authorities say. The 10 villages lie in the city of Jiyuan around lead-production facilities, including the headquarters of Henan Yuguang Gold and Lead...
Tags: China, Beijing, Economic history of the People's Republic of China, Jiyuan, Henan, Lead poisoning, Chinese export recalls, Occupational safety and health, Toxicology, Lead, Disaster Accident
Horse left abandoned near Rulison survives gunshot to head
Glenwood Springs :: CO :: USA | 11 days ago
Credibility The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel Saturday, November 14, 2009 The Garfield County Sheriff’s Department is investigating an animal cruelty case in which someone shot a horse in the head and abandoned it. The horse survived being shot with what appears...
Tags: Garfield County Sheriff’s Department, horse shot, Glenwood Springs, Gelding, Horse tack, Lead, Horse, Cruelty to animals, Veterinarian, Animal welfare, Animal rights, Rulison, Law Crime, Garfield, Garfield and Friends, Interstate 70 in Colorado, Horses, Livestock, Animal-powered transport, Equidae
State suing local landlords over lead levels in home | PDF
Evansville :: IN :: USA | 11 days ago
Credibility In a lawsuit filed this morning in Vanderburgh County, two Evansville landlords are being targeted for allegedly refusing to fix a house in which a tenant's child was found to have elevated levels of lead in his blood. The lawsuit by Indiana Attorney...
Tags: attorney general, paint hazard, Vanderburgh County Health Department, based paint, Greg Zoeller, Evansville, Paints, Landlord, Real property law, Evansville Indiana, Lead paint, Lead, Toxicology, Real estate, Disaster Accident, Law Crime
European Union map Lead to t International Calls
The European Commission will recommend the 27 European Union countries Wednesday to preserve a uniform wedge of broadcast band for a pan-European mobile broadband network,
Tags: European Union, Plan, Lead, Lower Cost, International Calls
Talk about spooky: Toxins found in most face paints for Halloween
Halloween can be scary, but this is frightening for all the wrong reasons - researchers have found that 10 out of 10 face paints they tested had levels of lead in them, and 6 had known skin allergens. Some of the skin allergens included nickel, cobalt and/or...
Tags: halloween, face paint, toxins, lead, skin allergens
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