The valiant folks over at the Center for Environmental Health claim to have found yet another unnecessary lead risk: high levels of lead in name-brand handbags and wallets purchased from Target, Macy s, Wal-Mart, and many other retailers, and they recommend that we TELL THESE STORES TO GET THE LEAD OUT OF PURSES!
They go on to make a demonstrably false claim: Scientists are increasingly convinced that there is no safe level of lead exposure.
This is a new wave of people who are arguing against the classical toxicological principle that dosages are significant, says ACSH's Dr. Elizabeth Whelan.
ACSH's Dr. Gilbert Ross adds: We strongly disagree with that thesis on the grounds that it is unscientific and is basically analogous to a revocation of the laws of thermodynamics by which I mean they can t just get away with saying that a tiny exposure is worse than a large one it s nonsense. There is no evidence to support it.
