Reebok fined €633k over toxic bracelets
Sportswear company Reebok has agreed to pay a $1m (€633,000) fine for importing and distributing charm bracelets that contained toxic levels of lead and resulted in the death of a four-year-old boy.
It is the largest US civil penalty for a violation of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act and follows a 2006 recall of 300,000 of the Chinese-made bracelets.