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Safety Recall Of Cub Scout "Totem"
Badges
Test Revealed Lead Paint Used On
Chinese-Made Insignia
(AP) The Boy Scouts of America
said that a Chinese-made painted, plastic badge commonly
worn by some of its youngest scouts is being voluntarily
recalled after a test revealed high levels of lead in the
paint.
As many as 1.6 million of the badges, which
are made in China, may be affected by the recall.
"We're doing everything we can," Boy Scouts spokesman Gregg
Shields said Thursday.
The plastic totem badge is
given to Cub Scouts, who are usually between the ages of 7
and 8. The badge has a yellow and blue border, includes a
picture of a bear and wolf and reads "Progress Toward
Ranks."
No illnesses have been reported, Shields
said.
The unacceptable amounts of lead were
discovered during a testing of Boy Scouts products, Shields
said. He did not know the level of lead the test revealed.
The recall came the same day that the Consumer Product
Safety Commission announced recalls of more than a
half-million other Chinese-made products because they
contain dangerous levels of lead.
The badges are
supplied by Kahoot Products Inc., based in Roswell, Georgia.
The company is calling for a voluntary recall of the badge
and asking parents to take them away from their children.
Kahoot has supplied the badge to the Boy Scouts, based
in Irving, Texas, for about eight years, Shields said. About
20,000 kits containing the badges have been sold each year
since, he said.
The Boys Scouts are continuing to use
Kahoot, which supplies 39 products to the organization.
Shields said Kahoot has "acted responsibly in initiating
this voluntary recall."
Shields said the badge was
the first of 94 Boy Scouts products tested to come back
positive for lead. More products are being tested, he said.
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