Green Sprouts is recalling hundreds of stainless-steel bottles and sippy cups bought nationwide as a result of the bottom of the merchandise can break off, posing a lead-poisoning threat to kids.
The Asheville, North Carolina, firm has obtained seven studies of the bottles’ base breaking off, exposing a solder dot containing lead, which is poisonous if ingested by younger kids, based on the recall discover posted on Friday by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. No accidents have been reported.
The recall comes on the heels of a latest report by U.S. PIRG that discovered a excessive variety of recalled merchandise nonetheless available on the market, “including children’s products recalled for lead — a toxic substance banned since the 1970s,” Dev Gowda, assistant director of Kids in Danger, acknowledged in a launch earlier this month.
No degree of lead is taken into account secure in kids, with even low ranges in blood hurting a baby’s potential to be taught, listen and do effectively at school, based on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Green Sprouts Inc.
The Green Sprouts recall entails about 10,500 cups and bottles bought at Buy Buy Baby and Whole Foods shops nationwide and on-line at amazon.com, buybuybaby.com and bedbathandbeyond.com from January 2020 by September 2022 for between $14 and $19, based on the CPSC launch.
The merchandise have been additionally bought on-line at babyhaven.com, drugstore.com and goal.com, based on a separate launch issued by Green Sprouts.
Consumers have been urged to take the recalled merchandise away from kids and discard them, whereas contacting Green Sprouts for a refund or retailer credit score. The firm might be reached at 800-876-1574 from 9 a.m. to five p.m. Monday by Friday or by e-mail at ContactUs@GreenSprouts.com. It may also be reached on-line right here.
The recall entails the next three made-in China merchandise with one of many following monitoring numbers on the underside of the bottom: 29218V06985, 35719V06985, and 33020V06985:
6-ounce Sprout Ware Sippy Cup
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
6-ounce Sprout Ware Sip & Straw Cup
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
8-ounce Sprout Ware Straw Bottle
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
“As we approach the redesign of these products, whose benefits for keeping drinks cold safely have made them a popular choice for parents, we will ensure that lead is not used as a soldering material,” Green Sprouts acknowledged in a separate launch.
The firm inspired prospects to proceed utilizing the recalled product’s plant-plastic and silicone lid and spout with different Green Sprouts cups and bottles, whereas discarding the stainless steel parts by placing them within the trash.