Comments on: Greening Your Holiday Decorations http://www.gogreencharleston.org/2007/11/11/greening-your-holiday-decorations/ We Can Do This Together Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:08:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Melanie http://www.gogreencharleston.org/2007/11/11/greening-your-holiday-decorations/#comment-7733 Melanie Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:01:13 +0000 http://www.gogreencharleston.org/2007/11/11/greening-your-holiday-decorations/#comment-7733 Interesting! I did a little research and found this on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_lights "Many light sets may contain traces of lead, and consumers should wash hands thoroughly after handling these products, especially before eating. Proposition 65 of California requires that if products contain lead or traces of lead then a warning must be printed on packing of products. One must be sure to check the label for this and any additional warnings." It sounds like this is the case in all types of lights and even some PVC Christmas Trees and greenery. Here is some more news of note on the issue with some tips for avoiding products that contain lead: http://www.checnet.org/healthehouse/education/articles-detail.asp?Main_ID=700. Interesting! I did a little research and found this on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_lights

“Many light sets may contain traces of lead, and consumers should wash hands thoroughly after handling these products, especially before eating. Proposition 65 of California requires that if products contain lead or traces of lead then a warning must be printed on packing of products. One must be sure to check the label for this and any additional warnings.”

It sounds like this is the case in all types of lights and even some PVC Christmas Trees and greenery. Here is some more news of note on the issue with some tips for avoiding products that contain lead: http://www.checnet.org/healthehouse/education/articles-detail.asp?Main_ID=700.

]]> By: Meredith http://www.gogreencharleston.org/2007/11/11/greening-your-holiday-decorations/#comment-7264 Meredith Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:40:00 +0000 http://www.gogreencharleston.org/2007/11/11/greening-your-holiday-decorations/#comment-7264 After reading this entry I decided that if I bought any lights at all, I was going LED. I picked out my first tiny Christmas tree and the one strand of lights I needed to fully light it -- but when I opened the box I was surprised to read something along the lines of the following: These lights contain lead. Please wash hands after handling. What? Is this just one brand of lights or is this something common among all LEDs or lights in general? After reading this entry I decided that if I bought any lights at all, I was going LED. I picked out my first tiny Christmas tree and the one strand of lights I needed to fully light it — but when I opened the box I was surprised to read something along the lines of the following: These lights contain lead. Please wash hands after handling. What? Is this just one brand of lights or is this something common among all LEDs or lights in general?

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