Hannah Montana Products Contain Lead

Posted on March 20, 2008 at 10:30 am (PST)

The Chinese made Hannah Montana line of products that Disney owns, and Miley Cyrus represents, has been found to contain lead, the Center for Environmental Health said yesterday. The paint on five of 28 products tested by the federal agency, including a Girls Rock backpack and a Secret Star wallet, had lead content of 1,800 parts per million to 8,300 parts per million. The federal standard for lead in paint is 600 ppm.

High levels of lead can impair children’s learning ability and development and cause irreversible neurological damage as well as renal disease, cardiovascular effects, and reproductive toxicity.

"We require all licensed producers of products using Disney characters to test their products and to comply with all applicable product safety laws and standards," officials for Walt Disney Co., which owns the Hannah Montana brand, said in a statement Tuesday.

With all the money Disney saves having their products they could spend a little to test products when they arrive from China. If they contain lead, ship it back, and stop doing business with that manufacturer. If Disney cared about kids health they would start testing.