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The Center for Environmental Health went to 100 of the nation's top retailers -- including Target, Macy's, Wal-Mart and Kohl's -- and bought purses.
The group had the bags tested for lead at an independent lab. Two separate tests were conducted. Some bags were wiped to see how much, if any, lead would simply rub off the material. The bags also were tested for the total lead content of the products.
The tests came back showing disturbingly high levels of lead, the Center for Environmental Health said.
"This is something every woman of childbearing age ought to be paying attention to," said Dr. Alan Greene, a lead expert and pediatrician at Stanford University.
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The concern with many of the purses is that lead can rub off of the bag and end up on people's hands, or on children's hands and then into their mouths.
more of 2-page article here
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/lead-found-womens-handbags/story?id=9638944&page=1
The group had the bags tested for lead at an independent lab. Two separate tests were conducted. Some bags were wiped to see how much, if any, lead would simply rub off the material. The bags also were tested for the total lead content of the products.
The tests came back showing disturbingly high levels of lead, the Center for Environmental Health said.
"This is something every woman of childbearing age ought to be paying attention to," said Dr. Alan Greene, a lead expert and pediatrician at Stanford University.
....
The concern with many of the purses is that lead can rub off of the bag and end up on people's hands, or on children's hands and then into their mouths.
more of 2-page article here
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/lead-found-womens-handbags/story?id=9638944&page=1