CDC Finds Lead Poisoning in Child Who Wore Homeopathic Magnetic Hematite Healing BraceletHomeopathy is, at best, worthless and potentially dangerous. Lead poisoning is always bad and dangerous. Lead poisoning from a supposedly homeopathic product is thus ultra terrible. On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control published in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report an account of a female infant in Manchester, Connecticut who showed normocytic anemia and a blood lead level of 4. L levels exceeding 5 gd. L are abnormal. Epidemiological investigators determined the lead poisoning was unlikely to have come from two interior window wells with lead based paint, the CDC reported, but the parents of the child later informed them the child had occasionally worn a homeopathic magnetic hematite healing bracelet purchased at a local fair. The hematite bracelets spacer beads, when tested, showed lead levels in excess of 1. Consumer Product Commissions 2. Investigators could find no identifying marks indicating metal content or manufacturer, not locate the original vendor. The CDC recognizes no safe blood lead level in children, and warns that any amount of lead in a childs bloodstream can negatively impact the development of almost all of the bodys systems.
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