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One brand of cups aimed at kids is full of lead, city says
By adamg on Mon, 07/24/2023 - 3:04pm
The Boston Public Health Commisison is warning parents who might have Cupkin double-walled stainless steel children’s cups (both 8- and 12-oz sizes) to take them away from the kids immediately and demand a refund from Soojimus, the company that sold them.
Cups are sold in pairs and include a matching straw. They come in12 different color combinations that include: blue and green, pink and purple, blue and gray, peach and teal, black and white, coral and yellow, green and pink, polignac and potpourri, brown and beach, rust and salmon, aqua and periwinkle, and cobalt and mint.
The commission says there's no safe level of lead in the human body at any age, but that it's particularly harmful to kids, in which it can cause developmental and behavioral issues.
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Comments
Did the BPHC get to read the
Did the BPHC get to read the news from a year ago?
Not following
Are you making a joke here or something?
Anything of substance to contribute?
Of course not. This is a troll account.
This ecommerce seller should
This ecommerce seller should be treated as any individual that deliberately poisons children. There's lead in everything and only once in a while does it happen to get caught. We have no level of oversight in place to guarantee safety and inadequate penalties to dissuade companies from selling products from anonymous factories churning out this crap.
The situation is not quite like you'd imagine.
If you follow the link, it sounds like the manufacturer took entirely reasonable precautions and were let down by both their suppliers *and* the testing labs. I'm actually pretty impressed by their response.
Recall
Wow. Based on their description of what happened, the lead is on the exterior of the cup under a seal. It’s not right that it was there, but it seems like a pretty good corrective action plan including lots of clear communication.
That said, people should absolutely proceed with getting the refund and replacing the cups. Kids are mean to their water bottles, so testing for normal use should include checking after throwing it on a sidewalk a hundred times. If it can’t stand up to that damage, it shouldn’t be sold.