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Lead in toy Reebok charm bracelet is linked to first fatality.(Recalls & Safety Alerts)
The Feb. 22, 2006, death of a 4-year-old Minneapolis boy, who swallowed part of a heart-shaped Reebok charm bracelet, is believed to be the first such death linked to toy jewelry, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The death of Jarnell Brown was unusual, but the dangers of lead poisoning from metal toy jewelry are widespread. Since 2003, the CPSC has issued 13 separate recalls involving 162 million inexpensive rings, necklaces, bracelets, and other baubles containing excess levels of lead that can transfer from the object to a child's hands and be ingested--what the CPSC calls "accessible lead. "The CPSC has documented at least one case of a child developing high blood lead levels after swallowing or repeatedly sucking on jewelry items.
In a statement, Reebok said the company "is cooperating fully with appropriate regulators, and working hard to fully understand what happened, how it happened, why it happened." And, Reebok added, "how we can immediately take steps to prevent it from happening again." The bracelets were manufactured in a single plant in China, according to a company spokeswoman.
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