A coalition of health, community, and environmental groups, known as The Campaign for Healthier Solutions, surveyed products in discount and dollar sotes and found that more than 81% of products purchased contained at least one hazzardous chemical “above levels of concern" with 49% containing two or more. The report, titled “A Day Late and a Dollar Short: Discount Retailers are Falling Behind on Safer Chemicals,” tested 164 products purchased from discount retailers in six states.
One particular product purchased from a Family Dollar store in Maine — a $2 package of 18 brightly colored earrings — contained 6,548 parts per million of lead. Federal regulations require all children’s products manufactured after Aug.14, 2011, contain no more than 100 parts per million of total lead content.
Read more in the Charleston Daily Mail
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