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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: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 04 2017, @06:57AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 04 2017, @06:57AM (#563323)

    This is yet another example of those librul freaks destroying the free market!

    Setting acceptable levels of lead exposure for children? Where will it end? I'll tell you where! The evil left is going to take all your children and place them in "re-education" camps [disclose.tv] set up by the Obama administration!

    What's even worse is that once our kids are stolen from us, they will be forcibly converted to Islam and sent on suicide missions for the greater glory of Allah!

    We need to fight to protect our great Christian nation from these librul tools of the muslims! Do the world a favor and kill a muslim today! Sometimes it's hard to tell who is a muslim, so kill any darkies you see! It's no great loss!

    Also, I know I have a problem with overuse of exclamation points!!!

    #MAGA!

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by maxwell demon on Monday September 04 2017, @12:24PM

    by maxwell demon (1608) on Monday September 04 2017, @12:24PM (#563427) Journal

    Also, I know I have a problem with overuse of exclamation points!!!

    Note that exclamation marks are clearly on-topic in this story: They work best if used in homeopathic doses. Also, historically, exclamation marks were printed using lead. Although I don't think there was ever a case of lead poisoning due to excessive use of exclamation marks. ;-)

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