California state regulators have found religious and children's jewelry containing dangerously high lead levels at stores and warehouses. According to the state Department of Toxic Substances 33 pieces of jewelry with high-lead content were found in Southern California warehouses, including one kids wooden angel necklace with nearly 74% lead content.

Most of them were cheap trinkets imported from China and packaged with labels promising they were lead-free. Ingesting lead can cause brain damage or other health problems in infants and toddlers.

The items included Virgin Mary pendants, butterfly earrings, hair clips and brooches. A silver metal ring with a cross design had 630,000 parts per million lead despite being labeled as lead-free. A necklace with a fairy pendant had 830,000 parts per million lead.

Regulators say it's unclear how many other jewelry items were distributed, but they are working with the distributors to stop further sales.

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