Study: Tiny LED holiday bulbs contain lead, arsenic - Green House - USATODAY.com - 0 views
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Patrick Thornton on 11 Feb 11"The low-intensity red LEDs (light emitting diodes) in Christmas lighting strands had up to eight times the amount of lead allowed under California law, and while the white bulbs had less lead than the colored ones, they had high levels of nickel, according to a team of researchers at the University of California, Irvine, and the University of California, Davis."