Comment on 10,500 toddler bottles and cups recalled over lead poisoning risk

By April Rubin, The New York Times A company has recalled about 10,500 bottles and cups for toddlers over lead poisoning concerns to children if a part of the product breaks off, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said. The base of these bottles and cups, manufactured by Green Sprouts, can come off and expose a solder dot that contains lead, posing a potential poison hazard to children, the commission said in a post dated Wednesday. No injuries have been reported, the commission said, but the company is aware of seven incidents in which the base broke. “Lead is toxic if ingested by young children, and can cause adverse health effects,” the commission said. Consumers should take the bottles and cups away from children immediately and discard them, the commission said. In a statement on its website, Green Sprouts said: “There is negligible risk to the health and safety of users.