How gov't decided lunch box lead levels
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070218/ap_on_re_us/lunch_box_lead"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070218/capt.ny30802180512.lunchbox_lead_ny308.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=xPfRdUuaYFQbpOirOlgn0Q--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="Alexa Engelman, a researcher with the Center for Environmental Health, displays some lead-contaminated lunch bags in the center's offices in Oakland, Calif., Friday, Jan. 19, 2007. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)" border="0" /></a>AP - In 2005, when government scientists tested 60 soft, vinyl lunch boxes, they found that one in five contained amounts of lead that medical experts consider unsafe — and several had more than 10 times hazardous levels.</p><br clear="all"/>