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>>> Forwarded from our friends at Autism One

>>> URGENT

>>> LEAD ALERT

>>> IF YOU HAVE PURCHASED OR RECEIVED A WEIGHTED OR LEAD BLANKET FOR

>>> YOUR CHILD YOU MUST READ THIS

>>> Parent Lois , whose daughter was poisoned previously by an

>>> alleged “therapy” vest – which turned out to be a lead dental vest

>>> treated with antimony – has given us the following information of

>>> great concern.

>>> On October 18, Lois was talking to a doctor at a hospital in

>>> Chicago about flame retardant and applications to medical devices. 

>>> She followed up with calls to dental vest distributors to ask about

>>> flame retardant being used on a vest with foam backing.  This led

>>> to Lois being led to the only company anyone knew of that made

>>> dental shielding vests with a foam backing (the type of vest that

>>> poisoned her daughter) Shielding International of Madras, Oregon. 

>>> The woman who answered the phone asked why Lois wanted this

>>> information.  Lois told her that she had a 5-year old daughter who

>>> had been diagnosed as autistic and, before Lois could continue, the

>>> woman said, “Oh, you have an autistic, then you want a leaded

>>> blanket.”  Lois replied, “No, ma’am, I do not want a leaded blanket.

>>> You actually sell autistic children leaded blankets?”  To which the

>>> woman replied, “Yep, for that weighted therapy.”  Lois asked her if

>>> she was concerned about poisoning them.  The woman said, “No,” that

>>> autistics do not eat them.  Lois explained that it was her

>>> understanding that 67% of autistic children suffer from PICA and

>>> that they would indeed eat these and that her daughter had been

>>> poisoned by eating the foam on the backing of a vest.  The woman

>>> replied, “You do not want to get the foam when you order this, you

>>> want to get a material covering.”  Lois again said that she did not

>>> want to order a lead blanket; she just wanted the information on

>>> the foam component of the vests.  The woman gave her the number of

>>> the foam supplier.

>>> Lois was sickened by the possibility that children were being

>>> poisoned by these blankets, and the next day her 17-year old son

>>> offered his birthday money to help buy one of the lead blankets,

>>> which cost hundreds of dollars.  Lois called back the company and

>>> told the woman she had changed her mind.  The woman said, “Oh,

>>> that’s great, honey, what color would you like it in?”  After the

>>> discussion about color Lois asked about ordering a lap pad, and then

>>> Lois explained there were times when she felt that more weight was

>>> needed, so she’d like to order an extra long so that she could fold

>>> the item in half and get double the weight.  Lois was stunned when

>>> the woman said this was a great idea, due to the fact that the

>>> first rule of lead shielding is that you CANNOT fold it.  Lois was

>>> directed to the representative for her state to finalize the

>>> order.  Lois called them.  They asked her what color she wanted. 

>>> Lois gave them the dimensions and said she intended to fold it. 

>>> The order was placed for a 5-year old little autistic girl to

>>> receive a leaded blanket with a hot pink material covering.

>>> The private company that had previously identified the vest in

>>> Lois’s home that had poisoned her daughter tested the outside of the

>>> package containing the lead blanket with an XRF (X-ray fluorescence)

>>> machine.  The inspector was astonished at how high the readings

>>> came back and stated that there was an extremely high level of lead

>>> in whatever was in the package.  Subsequently, a lead inspector for

>>> the State of Michigan opened the package and tested the blanket

>>> inside, getting higher readings.  He also dust-wiped for surface

>>> lead.  The inspector said that with all of the recalls for lead

>>> poisoning items, that this was a “lead death” item, and that it

>>> would be like a giant “Hershey Bar” to autistic – or even

>>> neurotypical children – due to the fact that it has a sweet flavor

>>> and that if the outside was compromised a child would have access

>>> to massive amounts of lead.

>>> Lois has made the observation that the stitching was done right

>>> through the lead.  She observes that if pets get a hold of this, it

>>> will be further compromised by claws and teeth.  Lois wonders if an

>>> autistic child who has suffered from seizures goes to the emergency

>>> room with seizures from a massive poisoning, will they suspect

>>> lead?

>>> And today, the test results of the dust wipes are in.  The outside

>>> of the blanket is lethal.  According to the inspector from the

>>> State if Michigan, a child could die from licking the outside of

>>> the blanket.

>>> If your child has been exposed to this type of blanket, take

>>> precautions, package it, and remove it from the living space of the

>>> interior of your home.

>>> Autism One Radio is planning on airing an interview with Lois

>>> , the videotape of the initial inspection of the blanket, and

>>> test results as they become available at www.autismone.org/radio.

>>>  Our thanks to Lois for her continued efforts to protect

>>> children.

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