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Reebok heart-shaped charm bracelet recalled

by Melissa Summers (Subscribe to Melissa Summers's posts)
Mar 24th 2006 5:31PM

Filed under: Health & Safety: Babies

Reebok has recalled about 300,000 heart-shaped charm bracelets which came with the purchase of various children's shoe styles between May 2004 and March 2006.

A four-year-old child has died from lead poisoning after swallowing a piece of the bracelet. The bracelet should be taken away from children and disposed of.

For further information contact Reebok at 800.994.6260 between 8 am and 5pm EST Monday through Friday or visit the Reebok website.

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3-24-2006 @ 6:20PM

Missy said...

Oh my god, that is so sad.

Unfortunately, that's what happens when you depend on a country like China for manufacturing. They have very little in the way of environmental or child protection laws.

That's actually one of the main reasons why it's cheaper to manufacture things there. There are no fines for exceeding limits for things like lead or arsenic in air/soil/water pollution, so that cost doesn't get passed on to the consumer.

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