In 2005, when government scientists tested 60 soft, vinyl lunch boxes, they found that one in five contained amounts of lead that medical experts consider unsafe. But the Consumer Product Safety Commission released a statement that it found "no instances of hazardous levels." The FDA disagreed, and it sent a letter to lunch-box manufacturers warning them that their lead levels might be dangerously high. Now, state and federal authorities have begun demanding that lunch boxes be lead-free.
February 22, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
In 2005, when government scientists tested 60 soft, vinyl lunch boxes, 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.
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