Boy Scouts recall neckerchief piece due to high lead content

[TomSea]

Boy Scouts recall neckerchief piece due to high lead content
Kate Gibson
© Consumer Product Safety Commission
The Boy Scouts of America is recalling about 110,000 neckerchief slides due to potentially toxic levels of lead.

Worn by grade schoolers as they move through the ranks of the Cub Scouts, the slides bear one of four logos, and were sold between February and August of this year, the Scouts said Thursday in a recall notice.

The colored enamel on the slides contains levels of lead that exceed federal limits, and can be toxic and cause adverse health issues if ingested by young children, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Read more at: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/boy-scouts-recall-neckerchief-piece-due-to-high-lead-content/ar-BBNCMNq?OCID=ansmsnnews11

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Further reading of the story says, as one might surmise, these were made in China.

Please discuss story, not one's beef with the boyscouts and their policies.

[mountaineer]

Too bad there was no US manufacturer available.