KPBS News, Kenny Goldberg

An environmental group says a number of California retailers are selling diaper bags that are tainted with lead. The group is asking stores and manufacturers to remove these products from the shelves. KPBS Reporter Kenny Goldberg has more.

The Center for Environmental Health tested 60 diaper bags purchased at major California retailers. The group says it found six bags with high levels of lead. Four of the bags had unsafe levels in their vinyl changing pad. CEH spokesman Charles says these products are dangerous.

Margulis: Lead on the surface of these changing pads can come off onto the baby's skin. Obviously babies put their hands in their mouth, babies even put their feet in their mouth. So that kind of contact, can be a health exposure."

Margulis says his group is taking legal action against diaper bag makers under California's consumer protection law. In the meantime, he suggests parents avoid diaper bags made with vinyl.

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