Thursday, March 30, 2006
Is Reebok trying to poison the children?
Health Canada is warning parents to get rid of a charm bracelet given out free by Reebok with the purchase of children’s shoes because it contains very high lead levels.
The bracelet has been linked to the lead-poisoning death of a four-year-old boy in Minnesota, who swallowed its heart-shaped charm. The charm, imprinted with the word Reebok, was manufactured in China and found to be 99 per cent lead.
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Made in China. Welcome to the country where multinationals abound to take advantage of cheap labour. Did Reebook specify what it should be made of? They have to be responsible for this.
Well, children, careful with your bling-blings now. For all you know, it's made in China, where mass production is priority.
Well, children, careful with your bling-blings now. For all you know, it's made in China, where mass production is priority.
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"Did Reebok specify what it should be made of? They have to be responsible for this." All products intended for children should be safety-tested, and most likely this was done. However, the devil is in the details: who did the safety tests, a captive company of the manufacturer, or a truly independent agency? Were repeated spot tests done -- different batches come from different small contractors at different times, and a product stream that was okay last week might not be this week. It's a constant problem for importers, and even the best get cheated by the manufacturers at some point. Unfortunately no system is foolproof, including the parents who mistakenly allowed a small child to suck on a charm bracelet. Stuff happens, no matter how hard we try otherwise. You'd think the doctors complaining on this website about med mal would understand.
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