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Parenting In The Media:US Government Keeps Lead In Lunchboxes A Secret

February 19th, 2007 by Stu Mark · Please Comment!

Lunchbox Lead

The above link takes you to an Associated Press story about lead in soft-sided lunchboxes, and the US government’s omission of this information from public reports.

Here’s the first few paragraphs:

    “AP) — In 2005, when government scientists tested 60 soft, vinyl lunchboxes, they found that one in five contained amounts of lead that medical experts consider unsafe — and several had more than 10 times hazardous levels.

    But that’s not what they told the public.

    Instead, the Consumer Product Safety Commission released a statement that they found “no instances of hazardous levels.” And they refused to release their actual test results, citing regulations that protect manufacturers from having their information released to the public.”

Read the rest of the story here.

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