Reported by the AP, Scout badges recalled over lead concerns, a company that supplies the BSA with Cub Scout totem badges has issued a recall for these badges. They were sourced from China and have been found to have higher than acceptable levels of lead in the paint. There’s a whole website devoted to problems with stuff coming out of China.

Apparently the BSA has been sourcing from a company in Georgia for the past eight (8) years and distributing about 20,000 items a year.  The company is calling for a voluntary recall of the badge and asking parents to take them away from their children.