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During the holiday season we see reports of various toys that are recalled, as well as safety rankings evaluating children’s toys.  Obviously safety does not stop there.

 Last month Timberland Company and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of 21,000 Classic Scuffproof Boots that were sold nationwide last year between June and October.  The hazard resulted from an excessive amount of lead found in the logo that was stamped onto the boot’s insoles. 

 Consumers who may have purchased the boot for a child are being advised to take the boot away from the child and contact Timberland for a free replacement insole.  For more information, please contact Timberland at (800) 445-5545 or visit, www.timberland.com.

 A new research study reported on the link between lead exposure to children and permanent brain damage. According to the article, “the study was presented Tuesday at an annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago, looking at the long-term effects of childhood exposure to lead. Researchers from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center found that lead poisoning at a young age caused damage to the regions of the brain that control how decisions are made, and the brain damage from lead exposure persists into adulthood.”

Lead poisoning is a child common injury and can result in: nervous system injury, brain damage, seizures or convulsions, growth or mental retardation, coma and even death.

Within the article, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that approximately 250,000 children in the United States have blood levels greater than 10 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood, which is the level that the CDC considers deserving of public health action.

Many child injury cases with lead have been brought against landlords and property owners  for failing to maintain older rental properties where children and their familes live. Parents should also be aware of chemicals in certain toys which have been recalled due to product defects.

For additional information find a related link here  from a previous blog posted on our Florida Child Injury website.