[Ansteorra-MiddleEastern] lead in Afghani jewelry

[Sandra Jakl]

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Message: 1         
   Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 13:40:42 -0000
   From: "Munlik" <
Subject: lead us to the lead
 
 
There was story on NPR yesterday about a kid eating and getting lead
poisoning from a piece of cheap costume jewelry. The piece was
believed to have been made offshore. (US jewlery standards prohibit 
lead).
Big Question: Do our imported Afghani nock-offs have lead in them?
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Message: 4         
   Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 10:41:16 -0500
   From: McKinney/Taylor Subject: Re: lead us to the lead
 
 
All the cloth arm bands/bracelets that have grey metal beads and shells 
are 
full of lead. Any bead that is grey, not silver, is lead. You can go to 
WalMart and get the lead test (even the water one works, just wet the 
bead 
and rub it against). You will see that they respond with the highest 
lead 
indicator. I got rid of all of mine when I found out. Any solder that 
is 
grey will also be lead so look at the solder points on your coins and 
necklaces that touch your skin.
 
tshaya
 
At 01:40 PM 12/17/2004, you wrote:
 
 
>There was story on NPR yesterday about a kid eating and getting lead
>poisoning from a piece of cheap costume jewelry. The piece was
>believed to have been made offshore. (US jewlery standards prohibit 
lead).
>Big Question: Do our imported Afghani nock-offs have lead in them?
>
>

 

 

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