So, we all know lead is poisonous, right? And if you've been reading the news lately, you know that Health Canada has pretty strict guidelines on how much lead is OK in products. In this case, we're talking about children's jewelry.
Do manufacturers really care though? Apparently not, because they have just replaced lead with... cadmium. Cadmium which according to the Health Canada website is "known to be more toxic than lead". Hello? Is it just me, or is this just not a little bit strange? Turns out that when Health Canada tightened the noose on lead in children's products, the manufacturer's just started adding more cadmium.
Which makes me wonder, now that Health Canada has banned cadmium in children's jewelry, what are the manufacturer's going to come up with next? Perhaps plutonium or uranium? As for were most of this stuff comes from... China. As for where most of it is sold... Walmart and dollar stores. Of course the cadmium is only really toxic if you lick, suck or bite on your jewelry. Kids don't do that, do they?
On the other side, perhaps Health Canada should do an end run around manufacturer's and ban all toxic materials from products... before the manufacturer's figure out what comes next.
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