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Eastbluff Medical Clinic offers Free Toy Testing

A Newport Beach Wellness Center Sponsors Child Safety Clinic
As parents struggle to keep track of the numerous toy recalls and safety alerts that may affect their children, Lead Free OC is teaming up with Eastbluff Medical Walk-In & Wellness Center to introduce services that will lower their children’s risk of poisoning. This Sunday, May2nd, …

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Is Lead really a problem if your child is old enough not to swallow things?

Many parents mistakenly feel lead isn’t a hazard to their children because their children are old enough not to be chewing or swallowing things. While the risk for acute poisoning might be small as your children are old enough not to swallow small objects, they are still at risk for chronic lead poisoning. …

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First Lead In Toys, Now Cadmium?

That’s right, with recent ban of the use of lead in children’s products in the U.S. (Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act), foreign manufacturers have needed to substitute the material in their products and are turning to Cadmium, which has many of the same unique qualities as lead. The trouble is, it’s no safer than …

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