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*j| /f*\ 3UU,L/wU at-.-- . 1 '''*^' w v THE EVENING STAR Washington, D C, Fi iJj/, jo ..-< 1' i:~7 r.j ** w* /$M ,_ j A ^ i / *t** , i ` ` -i' d stitaMi j -ip id By BETTY JAMES Chicarro and that about 100.000 SUrr Sul I V, r.'^r had been sold nationally. Decorated alphabet soup bowls di.stribu'ed nationwide recently cunr.g a sales promo tion carnpamn of the Campoeil Soup Co. have traces of cad mium and lead cepos.ts, a Chicapo health onieiai say s. Dr. Murray C. Brown, Chi The r.umN'r of consumer' in the Wasmrrtcn area who =snt for the bowl has r.o: even de termined. So =goke>rr.an for the manufacturer v.a.- av a; I a* ble for comment yo-tc.uay. The promotion campaign end ed Sept. 1. cago health cormnir sioner, ad Brown also notified the soup vised owners to rivAroy the company and The Food and bowls ana ordered an immedi Drug Administration. ate recall by the manufactur er, the Americana Art China I Co. of Scoring, On.o. accord ing to the Chicago sun-Times. He especially warned con sumers not to store food in too bowls. The Chicago Board of Health estimated "that 4,000 bowls were bought by consumers in A Campbell spokesman said company tests indicate r.o health hazard when the bowls are used to serve soup, and referred a repot ter to tne cr.ina company for any informa tion on a possible recall. An FDA spokesman said FDA is testing the bowls. Brown said, `T 00 not feel that any person eating food from the c- bowls for me length of time they've been on the market would suffer any harm. It takes a loua time and persistent us a re and relatively nigh cor,ecu manors of tr.e metals m rood for any cad mium or lead poiaorimr to in filtrate the body and damage human tissue." However, Brown w arned, us ing the bowls for storage of aci.i-oro ..i.'mg foeM for 114 hoars or mere nv,c.; f^-ait m the release of lead aau cad- __ . _ .; . 1 ';. .-'Sf.rn- ples of such feed, ire cue a to mato or onnm. soup or salad dressing containing vinegar. The off-white bowls are six inches in diameter and are decorated on the inside with decals of the alphabet in yel low, a child's name in b'c- k, and a p:cru>-e m child wear- -T.^ w ^ (jli' 'on t*.;. F-vecr "C*' in the crown. THE EVENING STAR Wzshtnjion, O C Soiurooy, Jen. 22, 1972 d ii ii To Destroy Eov/Is By BETTY JAMES Star State Wntr The Food and Drug Admin istration says the manufac turer of decorated alphabet soup bowls distributed nation wide during a recent sales promotion of the Campbell Soup Co. is writing to recip ients of the bowls, asking that the bowls be destroyed and giving customers their money back. An FDA spokesman said yesterday Campbell informed FDA of the action by the Americana Art Cnma to. of Sebring, Ohio. Dr. Murray C. Brown. Chi cago health commissioner, said earlier this week that the bowls have traces of cadmium and lead deposits and advised owners to destroy them. He specifically warned against storing food in the bowls. The Chicago Board of Health estimates that about 100.ICO bowis were sold nationally. They were purchased througn the mail for two Compbcil labels and 75 cents apiece. "Lead, cadmium and other heavy metals occur widely in the environment," FDA said. "Small amounts of these metals are taken into the body over a hfeiime without any known hazardous effects. Any proh.cm results from in creased exposure over a period ASI-PR 0001596