Recall - Children's Jewelry for Cadmium

(from www.healthystuff.org)

Cadmium is a metal with similar physical properties to lead and zinc, making it an easy substitute for lead in die-cast metal jewelry. However, like lead, cadmium is a neurotoxin, which can impact brain development, and a known carcinogen. Yet, unlike lead, there is nothing illegal about putting cadmium in jewelry. As long as the heavy metal is below the surface, the CPSC doesn't regulate it.
The CPSC only regulates cadmium in surface coats, not substrate materials. The legal substitution of one toxic chemical for another yet again shows how broken our system of chemical regulation is. Because of the ongoing hazards related to children's jewelry, HealthyStuff.org has long recommended that consumers avoid metal children's jewelry.
Unfortunately, it's not just jewelry. The Pumpkin Erasers to the right contain 1,800 ppm cadmium. And that's just one example of a non-jewelry product which contains elevated levels of cadmium.

Click HERE for the AP article on the jewelry recall.