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
(Score: 2) by Wootery on Monday September 04 2017, @01:22PM (3 children)
So not only have you failed to read TFA, you've failed to read the preceding comments in the thread.
The lead was from negligence, not from homeopathic 'ingredients'. The moron that made the bracelet had no idea that their solder contained lead.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 04 2017, @02:49PM
So if I read TFA it will explain how the active ingredient in a bracelet was diluted?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 04 2017, @02:58PM
I read both TFAs and even searched for "homeopathic bracelet", there is no explanation anywhere about what a bracelet could have to do with homeopathy.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 05 2017, @08:02AM
The lead was in beads, not in solder. Tin-lead solder is 37% lead, or 370,000 ppm.