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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: 3, Informative) by driverless on Monday September 04 2017, @12:07PM

    by driverless (4770) on Monday September 04 2017, @12:07PM (#563421)

    I disagree in principle because the parents imposed that bracelet upon their kid.

    Just because the parents are dumb doesn't mean that the kid will be as dumb as they are

    Given that the kid is now suffering from serious lead poisoning, I'm guessing he'll end up even worse than his parents.

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