Toxic Lead Paint in Plastic Easter Eggs
CLEVELAND — A chemistry professor who raised an earlier warning flag about toxic lead levels in toy jewelry didn’t have to look far for evidence of similar risks in Easter items such as plastic eggs.
Thirteen of 45 items purchased off store shelves and tested by Ashland University chemistry students had paint made with lead, according to Jeffrey D. Weidenhamer, who has made the toy testing an annual spring rite for his students.
“It certainly demonstrates that the problem is still there,” Weidenhamer said. “2007 was called by many people the ‘year of the recall’ and 2008 that stuff is still on the shelf.”
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