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Thursday, November 1st 2007

1:14 AM

Fake teeth contain lead

  • Posted by: Steve Biodrowski

I wish I'd run across this New York Times article earlier. Hopefully its warning will arrive in time, before the damage is done:

  • The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a late recall on Wednesday, warning shoppers that fake Halloween teeth sold by the tens of thousands over the last year contained excessive amounts of lead.

    The $2 packages, marketed as Ugly Teeth, were the latest in a long line of Chinese-made toys and novelty items recalled because of lead content. The commission announced the recall on Halloween, in a late-morning press release.

    The agency said that since January 2006, retailers had sold about 43,000 eight-piece packages of the party favors. There were no immediate reports of illness.

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