Archive – Health Canada Advises Canadians to Remove Charming Thoughts… — recall 22704
Health Canada Consumer Product Safety · Canada · 2005-04-13
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Reported risk: Health Canada is advising Canadians to remove metal charms sold under the name Charming Thoughts from children's reach. The charms, obtained only from Michael's stores in Canada, contain high levels of lead and pose a risk of lead poisoning to children if mouthed or swallowed. About 2.8 million of these charms were voluntarily recalled in the United States and Canada on February 10, 2005, by the distributor. The Canadian portion comprised of 88,000 charms that were only sold or available for sale at Michael's stores. In the United States the charms were sold in Recollections stores, Hancock Fabric stores, and Michael's stores. There has been one report of elevated blood lead levels in a 6-year-old American child, which may have occurred when the child mouthed some of the charms, worn on a homemade necklace. Health Canada is not aware of any lead poisoning cases associated with these products in Canada.
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