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Reebok to pay fine for lead jewellery


    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Athletic shoe maker Reebok International, a unit of Germany's Adidas, will pay a record $1 million (500,000 pound) civil penalty to settle allegations that it imported and distributed charm bracelets that contained toxic levels of lead, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Tuesday.

    The agency said in March 2006, a 4-year-old boy fromMinneapolis, Minnesota, who swallowed the bracelet'sheart-shaped pendant died.

    The penalty is the largest for a Federal HazardousSubstances Act violation, the CPSC said, and follows a recallof 300,000 bracelets that were provided as free gifts with thepurchase of various styles of children's footwear.

    (By Karey Wutkowski, editing by Gerald E. McCormick)