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Growing concerns about crime, and several disturbing attacks in the subway system, have put the city's mental health crisis in the spotlight. The city's public advocate, Jumaane Williams, released a report earlier this month saying the city had not undertaken enough efforts to help those suffering from mental illness. But Williams said in a press release about the report, "the answer is not additional policing nor involving law enforcement in the City's mental health response."

Green Sprouts is recalling thousands of stainless steel bottles and buy phone number list sippy cups sold nationwide because the base of the products can break off, posing a lead-poisoning risk to children. in November involving lead-tainted toys, clothing and other products for kids.

The Asheville, North Carolina, company has received seven reports of the bottles' base breaking off, exposing a solder dot containing lead, which is toxic if ingested by young children, according to the recall notice posted on Friday by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. No injuries were reported.

The recall comes on the heels of a recent report by U.S. PIRG that found a high number of recalled products still on the market, "including children's products recalled for lead — a toxic substance banned since the 1970s," Dev Gowda, assistant director of Kids in Danger, stated in a release earlier this month.

Lead-based paints were banned for residential use in the U.S. in 1978, and no level of lead is considered safe in children, with even low levels in the blood hurting a child's ability to learn, pay attention and do well in school, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.