Bracelet recalled after link with child’s death

A LEADING sportswear company is urging parents in Ireland to dispose of a bracelet that has been linked with the death of a young child in the US.

The bracelets, given away free with pairs of trainers, have been in circulation in America, Britain and Ireland for the past two years.

Reebok is now recalling the metal charm bracelets as a four-year-old boy from Minneapolis, Minnesota, died from lead poisoning after apparently swallowing a link from the bracelet.