Kid swallows plumbum bracelet

A Reebok promotional bracelet is seen in an undated handout photo. Reebok International is recalling about 300,000 promotional bracelets after a child reportedly died of lead poisoning after swallowing one,




If you are going to swallow a bracelet, make sure it's a precious metal, ok? Or if you're going to do lead you need to be over 6 years of age.

LEAD
What's in a name? From the Anglo-Saxon word lead. Lead's chemical symbol comes from the Latin word for lead, plumbum.
Say what? Lead is pronounced as LED.

Lead is a soft, malleable and corrosion resistant material. The ancient Romans used lead to make water pipes, some of which are still in use today. Unfortunately for the ancient Romans, lead is a cumulative poison and the decline of the Roman empire has been blamed, in part, on lead in the water supply. Lead is used to line tanks that store corrosive liquids, such as sulfuric acid (H2SO4). Lead's high density makes it useful as a shield against X-ray and gamma-ray radiation and is used in X-ray machines and nuclear reactors. Lead is also used as a covering on some wires and cables to protect them from corrosion, as a material to absorb vibrations and sounds and in the manufacture of ammunition. Most of the lead used today is used in the production on lead-acid storage batteries, such as the batteries found in automobiles.