PBH recall

Here is a link to the recall of a lunch tote cooler bag offered by the Produce for Better Health Foundation. From the Web site:

Q. How did Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH) discover that its lunch tote coolers have an elevated level of lead? A. Following a recent recall of similar lunch boxes by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), PBH immediately contacted the manufacturer of its lunch tote coolers, who assured PBH that its lunch tote coolers did not contain elevated levels of lead and provided PBH a written test report purportedly documenting that the PBH lunch tote coolers were compliant with all regulations regarding lead. Despite those assurances, PBH had the lunch tote coolers tested independently, the results of which testing prompted this recall.
Q. How many lunch boxes were distributed? A. Approximately 7,500 red, blue and green lunch tote coolers were distributed to our public health partners throughout the United States. Some of the lunch boxes were not distributed and remain in our warehouse. As soon as we learned about the CDPH recall, we stopped selling the lunch tote coolers pending the results of our independent testing.

Q. How much lead was found in the lunch tote coolers? What is the accepted lead standard allowed for products? A. The vinyl lining of the lunch tote coolers was found to contain 1800-2100 PPM lead, which exceeds the federal lead limit of 600 PPM in painted products used by children. This elevated level was reported to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on October 30, 2007 and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on October 31, 2007. While the exposure to lead from the lunch boxes is unlikely to result in any immediate health effects, lead ingestion should be avoided since elevated blood lead levels from chronic lead exposure can lead to serious, adverse health effects such as behavioral problems, learning disabilities and organ compromise.