Still trying to poison us

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By Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times
March 4, 2011, 3:52 p.m.

Cadmium likely isn't the first thing on your mind when you buy a cheap little bracelet or necklace for your child. But maybe it should be. A new study finds that children who wear, mouth or swallow inexpensive jewelry items could be exposed to high levels of the metal.

Researchers tested charms, bracelets and necklaces, mostly imported from China, to determine the levels of cadmium in each. "Of 92 pieces of jewelry tested under ingestion conditions, two pieces (a football pendant and a heart charm) yielded more than 20,000 micrograms of cadmium, 100 times the -recommended maximum exposure of 200 micrograms through ingestion," says a news release about the study.

"Fourteen samples yielded more than 1,000 micrograms. The researchers found the amount of cadmium released increased linearly, indicating that the longer an item stays in a child’s stomach, the greater the potential for harm." The study was published online Friday in Environmental Health Perspectives.

http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-cadmium-kids-jewelry-20110304,0,4430052.story

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1. Even worse than you think. It's in the Chinese rice.

Some of which is imported to this country.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=115x276852