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posted by martyb on Monday September 04 2017, @03:15AM   Printer-friendly
from the no-choking-hazzard-here,-either dept.

Ars Technica is reporting on a story where the CDC report that a Homeopathic “healing bracelet” caused lead poisoning in a infant girl

[...] during a routine health screening. Healthcare workers found that the baby was anemic and had a blood lead level of 41 micrograms per deciliter (μg/dL). While no level of lead is known to be safe, the CDC recommends health interventions when a child’s blood lead level reaches 5 μg/dL.

[...] The authorities subsequently homed in on the bracelet, a homemade “homeopathic magnetic hematite healing bracelet.” The baby’s parents said they bought it from an artisan at a local fair and gave it to the baby to wear and mouth to ease teething pain. Small spacer beads on the bracelet (shown) tested positive for lead at a level of 17,000 parts-per-million. The Consumer Product Commission in 2010 set the allowable limit of lead in products intended for children at 100 parts-per-million.

The authors of the report—Drs. Patricia Garcia and Jennifer Haile, lead treatment specialists at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center—noted that the bracelet had no warnings or branding. They added that they couldn’t get the fair’s vendor information and were unable to track down the bracelet’s maker.

Also at Live Science


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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by meustrus on Monday September 04 2017, @02:21PM

    by meustrus (4961) on Monday September 04 2017, @02:21PM (#563460)

    Take a look at the bracelet. A picture is in TFA. It looks like it's made from beads ive seem at the craft store. There's nothing magical, mystical, or medical about the materials or construction. It's pretty though.

    And rather than going on about homeopathy (the designated whipping boy of alternative medicines), we should find out where those beads were sold and why they were allowed to have so much lead. If it goes into craft jewelry it needs to be subject to the same product standards as finished items.

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