LEAD-TAINTED Water Bottles

By Jackie Burrell
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 at 2:26 pm in Health & Safety.

Hot weather, cool water, lead paint … the benefits of hydration are more than counteracted by the lead paint on these little darlings. The Consumer Product Safety Commission just yanked 18,000 of these Backyard & Beyond water bottles because the surface paint on the metal bottles contains excessive levels of lead.