Lead is being found in toys from China as this report from Nightline shows. Here are a few questions that you might want to include in your REFLECTION part of your journal.

1.How is lead toxic to the body? What can it do?
2.Where might you find lead in items you may purchase?
3.How might you protect yourself or someone else from lead poisoning?
4.In the future, if you became more concerned about lead poisoning, would you likely take action? If so, what kinds of actions would you take?
5.How did you feel about this topic? What did it make you think about?
6.What new concepts did you learn?
7.What did you find that surprised you?
8.What happened reminds me of
9.What are you wondering about now?

Websites that give more information on this topic:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml06/06119.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11974094/
Reebok bracelets recalled for lead danger 4-year-old child died after swallowing a piece of jewelry, government says

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm55d323a1.htm
Death of a Child After Ingestion of a Metallic Charm --- Minnesota, 2006

Parts per million
http://www.biochem.northwestern.edu/holmgren/Glossary/Def... (less info)