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(WASHINGTON - AP) The government says an Ohio importer has recalled nearly 250,000 SpongeBob SquarePants address books and journals made in China.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission says the spiral metal bindings on the books might contain hazardous levels of lead paint.
Martin Designs of Ashland in north-central Ohio notified the agency that tests turned up lead content above the level considered safe for children. Children who ingest lead-laced paint can suffer brain damage.
The company says it has received no reports of injury.
The recall involves address books and journals sold in retail stores nationwide from June 2006 through last month. They have a black metal spiral binding and show SpongeBob in various outfits on the front cover.
http://www.wane.com/Global/story.asp?S=6971768
The Consumer Product Safety Commission says the spiral metal bindings on the books might contain hazardous levels of lead paint.
Martin Designs of Ashland in north-central Ohio notified the agency that tests turned up lead content above the level considered safe for children. Children who ingest lead-laced paint can suffer brain damage.
The company says it has received no reports of injury.
The recall involves address books and journals sold in retail stores nationwide from June 2006 through last month. They have a black metal spiral binding and show SpongeBob in various outfits on the front cover.
http://www.wane.com/Global/story.asp?S=6971768