ApocaDocs: Feds recall more children jewelry in cadmium probe

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Posted Fri Mar 12 2010: from Associated Press:


	Feds recall more children jewelry in cadmium probe http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1268428156 Federal safety regulators recalled a line of Christmas-themed bracelets Thursday, expanding their effort to purge children's jewelry boxes and store shelves of items containing high levels of the toxic metal cadmium. The latest action by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission targeted "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" charm bracelets that released alarmingly high levels of cadmium in government lab tests, suggesting children could be exposed to a carcinogen that also can damage kidneys and bones. The chain-link bracelets were sold at dollar-type stores between 2006 and March 2009 and feature characters from the classic holiday movie, including Rudolph...

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'Doc Michael says:

Turns out Rudolph shoulda been been left out of the reindeer games, after all.