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Ardene Glam Collection Fairy Pendant

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DescriptionArdene Glam Collection Fairy Pendant Product description This recall involves the fall/winter 2012 Ardene Glam Collection metallic fairy-shaped pendant with style number 14152429. The metallic necklace has a silver coloured chain with a fairy-shaped pendant in blue, pink, purple or colourless. Hazard identified Health Canada's sampling and testing program revealed that the pendant contains lead in excess of allowable limits. In addition, the pendant contains cadmium in excess of guidance levels proposed recently by Health Canada. Under the Children's Jewellery Regulations of the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act, it is illegal to import, advertise or sell jewellery items that appeal primarily to children under 15 years of age that contain more than 600 mg/kg total lead. Lead and cadmium are known to be very toxic metals, especially for children. A range of serious health effects have been associated with exposure to lead and cadmium, including anemia, vomiting, diarrhea, serious brain injury, convulsions, coma, as well as effects related to the liver, kidneys, heart and immune system. In extreme cases, there have been deaths. Neither Health Canada nor Ardene Holdings Inc. has received any reports of incidents or illnesses related to the use of this product. For more information on the risks and symptoms of lead and cadmium exposure, visit Health Canada's: Next link will take you to another Web site It's Your Health: Effects of Lead on Human Health and Canada Advises Consumers of Lead and Cadmium Hazard in Children's Jewellery. Number sold Approximately 919 units of the recalled pendants were sold in Canada. Time period sold The recalled products were sold from July 2012 to September 2012. Companies Importer Arden Holdings Inc. Montreal Quebec CANADA Tel: 1-866-322-4442 Images (select thumbnail to enlarge - opens in a new window)

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  • Consumers should immediately take the recalled jewellery away from children and dispose of the item in their regular household waste.
  • For additional information, consumers may call the company's toll free Customer Service Line at 1-866-322-4442 or visit the Next link will take you to another Web site firm's Web site.
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