I am unhappy to say that I am not surprised to read that more toys and objects have been found on the store shelves with unhealthy levels of lead. The consumer protection group Consumers Union did their own testing and found unhealthy levels of lead in a number of products, including Elmer's Glue Stick caps, a Fisher-Price Blood Pressure Cuff from a play doctor kit, and duck shaped backpacks. They found these by using home lead testing kits on the products and then confirming those tests in laboratories. You may check their findings at Consumers Union.
This just keeps on confirming that everyone has to watch out for heavily painted products, even if they haven't been recalled, especially China-made. We have those blood pressure cuffs in our home and lord knows, we have a million glue sticks. Now we have to worry about kids putting those caps in their mouths and ingesting lead. How many other school supplies will we need to check?
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