Lead in your Easter eggs?
It wasn't that long ago that lead was the big media buzzword, discovered in everything from lipstick to Christmas lights to children's toys. Many manufacturers started voluntary recalls on their products -- hoping to avoid the kind of embarrassment that comes with being a labeled distributor of poisonous material. But it seems not all toy-makers pulled their potentially harmful products from the shelves. A new scientific survey has found that nearly 30 percent of Easter-themed contain dangerous levels of lead. 
The research was conducted by Jeffrey D. Weidenhamer, an Ashland University professor who has previously studied lead levels in other common consumer products, like low-cost jewelry.
Parents worried about the contents of their children's Easter baskets should avoid toys and trinkets made in China, and, for further protection, use an at-home lead testing kit.
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