HealthandSafetyWatch.com, an intelligence service which provides real-time public health information

With recent advisories issued by the Government of Canada, children’s jewellery is being targeted for containing lead and cadmium. Health Canada is unable to test all children’s jewellery and does not have the ability to issue mandatory recalls on these products.

HealthandSafetyWatch.com, an intelligence service which provides real-time public health information, has outlined these great safety tips for parents:

• Check your child's jewellery. If you suspect it may contain lead or cadmium, throw it out in your regular household waste
• Do not give young children adult jewellery to wear or play with; it may contain lead or cadmium
• Do not allow children to suck or chew on any jewellery
• If your child has sucked or chewed regularly on jewellery which you think may contain lead or cadmium, ask your doctor to test your child's blood for lead or cadmium
• A child who swallows a jewellery item containing lead or cadmium is at high risk of developing serious health effects. Contact an emergency medical service if you believe your child has swallowed an item containing lead or cadmium

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