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Product name “Bo Bo” rubber pacifiers
Description The pacifiers have a plastic handle and shield with a rubber nipple. The cardboard header reads in part, “Bo Bo, Item HK-45, Hong Kong, H. Bender and Sons, Inc., NY 10010.” 
Problem The rubber nipples of the pacifiers contain hazardous levels of nitrosamines. Nitrosamines in pacifiers are carcinogenic and capable of being released in saliva and ingested. 
Distribution Metropolitan New York area and in Florida. 
Company H. Bender and Sons Inc., 212-674-2247. 
Dates sold November and December 1989. 
Date posted 12/26/2001 
 

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