Lead in Christmas Lights!

[judecorp]

What the heck next? We just finished taking a ton of pictures of our kid sitting in, touching, playing with, and almost chomping on Christmas lights.

Ugh.

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[kat-chan.livejournal.com]

The news yesterday had a story about one of the county commissioners and her husband putting up their tree and seeing the California lead warning on the tree, and they were wondering why a) there's no lead warning for Ohio and b) the trees are even sold if they have lead content.

I could go into b), since lead is strong yet malleable, and that allows you to bend the branches to look more natural, etc. And anyone who has been putting up their artificial tree had better darned well wash their hands afterwards, and not just because the lead content. It's likely dusty and dirty from sitting in a box in a crawl space or attic for 11 months. Common sense, people!

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I think there is some sort of proposition or legislation in California that says they have to put possible lead warnings on EVERYTHING. I was ordering gifts online and I was looking at some handmade, hand painted things and there was a "California Lead Warning" on all of them.

Supposedly the lead on the outer casings helps with the fire retardation? Who knows?