Monday 16 March 2009

So Wrong

"the federal government has now advised that children’s books published before 1985 should not be considered safe and may in many cases be unlawful to sell or distribute."

This is in the US and it seems the threat of potential Lead based products being used in Children's book has caused the Government over there to choose to destroy pre 1985 books - it is also good to note that there is no EVIDENCE that this potential lead has or ever will poison children... Read the full article here.

1 comment:

Smarter Than the Average Cat said...

OH NOES! One more reason Americans should be afraid of everything. I guess the lead in children's books is why I am so messed up today.