BOSTON - Lawmakers and public health officials are moving to ban the sale of toys with dangerous levels of lead, following recent recalls of Chinese toy imports and test samplings that found children's jewelry containing lead in 14 Bay State communities, including two in the Merrimack Valley.

Suzanne Condon, director of the state Bureau of Environmental Health, said six towns already at high risk of lead exposure have been identified as selling jewelry containing detectable lead.

They included Lawrence, Haverhill and Lynn. Also on the list were Boston, Brockton, Chelsea, Fall River, Fitchburg, Holyoke, Lowell, New Bedford, Springfield, Taunton and Worcester.

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