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Consumer alert. Lead warning in Christmas lights

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Ulfwald

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Last night my wife and i were attempting to put the final touches on our Christmas tree when I noticed that there is a warning on the package. It seems that all the Christmas lights that are made in China have LEAD in the wiring. the warning says that you should wash your hands after handling them.

Now, here is my question:

If the US Government has banned the use of lead in paint, water pipes, gasoline, etc, why in the heck would they allow the importing of it in goods sold in the US? Young kids like to touch christmas trees, play with the pretty lights, etc. But then do they know to go wash their hands? Or do they know to go wash their hands? How many parents know that christmas lights contain lead?

Wal Mart sells lights under the name Holiday Time, and the warning is on the back. Lights that GE has made in China has the warning on the back as well.

Now it is time to see how many other "manufacturers" of Christmas lights use lead in their wiring.


Folks, if you have small kids, make sure that if they handle any lights you are unsure of that you wash their hands.
 
probally isnt an issue since they dont figure mayn people will be stripping the wires and then sucking on them
 
China uses lead oxide in paint also. There was a blip on the news a while back
about it. On small toys that kids could put in their mouths. International manufacturing
standards do not seem to much of a concern to them.......:frown:
 
As adults, it may not be that much of an issue, but for little kids who pick thins up and put them in their mouth, or may play with wires then eat without washing hands, it is an issue.

The beads they throw at Mardi Gras in New Orleans are coated with lead paint as well.
 
What part of the lights has lead in it?

BTW, my generation and the generations before me grew with lead all around us. While it can be harmful, it's not nearly as dangerous as the hype suggests.
 
I'd be more worried about the electric shock from my kids chewing through the sheathing to get to the wiring than I would be about the lead!
 
I work for a company that make cordsets. Just about anything with PVC has a little bit of lead in it.
And if your fvcking kids are chewing on christmas lights, you've got bigger problems
 
Saw that on the news that prego women shouldn't be touching lights. I wonder if my stupid cat who keeps eating our fake tree will die of lead.
 
Wow, some of you people are paranoid. You're not going to die from touching a lead wire covered with plastic insulation once a year.
 
We got one of those trees with the lights already attached, I'm pretty sure it had those warnings also. Not too concerned about, I was my hands all the time.
 
Originally posted by: Amused
BTW, my generation and the generations before me grew with lead all around us. While it can be harmful, it's not nearly as dangerous as the hype suggests.
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I think you can say that about most of the things the public worries about (the flu, SARS, West Nile, DC Sniper, anthrax, etc.) Whereas some of the hype may, in fact, be dangerous, the odds of it affecting you are infinitesimally small. I remember when that wacko sniper was killing people in DC, people all over the country feared filling up their gas tanks. 13 out of 260,000,000 were killed. Why the mass fear? And now with the flu. People are lining up for miles to get flu shots, because a few kids have died. Whereas those deaths are horrible, did you know that 35,000 Americans die each year of the flu. This year, the flu is more widespread, but that should not cause widespread panic. Your chances of dying from the flu this year are much less than your chances of dying in a car wreck each day. </rant>

 
Originally posted by: redly1
I work for a company that make cordsets. Just about anything with PVC has a little bit of lead in it.
And if your fvcking kids are chewing on christmas lights, you've got bigger problems
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I recall seeing lead warning on Christmas lights as well, but I don't recall seeing it on extension cords.

 
You guys know some people whine that tiny bit of mercury vapor released from a broken thermometer is so deadly they should be banend?

Little do they know mercury barometer contains a pool of mercury that is openly ventilated to the atmosphere. If it wasn't ventilated a barometer won't work.

Who's heard of mercury poisoning as a result of barometer's breathing?
 
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