Aqua Dots Recall
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homeofmew
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Yes however it is similar to a date **** drug, they should know that.
Plus I would thank any small toy should be tested "what if this would be swallowed" could be simulated maybe?
I mean what next people asking recalls on buttons(the type with safety pin on the back) because some kid ate one and the sharp end hurt them?
Burninating_Torchic
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BBC - Uh, it WAS made in china.
homeofmew - You can't test what'll happen if someone eats something. If you're making a product, have someone test it, and they die or something else bad happens, you're liable. No company is going to take that risk.
homeofmew - You can't test what'll happen if someone eats something. If you're making a product, have someone test it, and they die or something else bad happens, you're liable. No company is going to take that risk.
i agree with marril. you DESERVE to be in a coma for eating something that is CLEARLY a toy, and just as clearly, not food.
I think the biggest issue besides the obvious of a few children falling into COMAS is that the product IS labeled non-toxic. So even parents that read the labels, etc. were not being told the truth. A newspaper article that I read this morning said that the product was originally made with a non-toxic adhesive that is used in other glues (think Elmer's and the like) but that adhesive was replaced with a less expensive one at the production sites in China. And you know the rest - this substitute reacts just like GHB (the evil date drug). Now, you have probably heard reports of what that drug has done to many adults and you need to consider that it is now possibly affecting children that are a half to a third of the size of an adult. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119445657913685394.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
And I do not mean to sound all high and mighty, but it is extremely clear that many of you are not parents. It is utterly impossible to watch and guard your child every moment of every day. That is compounded if you have more than one. I think of myself as a careful parent. I read labels. I try to buy high quality things. I follow most age recommended guidelines (except for Pokemon cards
). But I had to rush my youngest to Urgent Care a few years ago when he broke off a piece of wood from his Easter basket and stuck it up his nose! Why, I will never know. I had checked that the handle was smooth to prevent splinters. I knew everything that was in the basket so that it was safe and age appropriate. I even used paper 'grass' so that the kids and pets didn't accidentally or intentionally eat plastic. But I never thought about breaking off a piece and sticking it up your nose.
And I do not mean to sound all high and mighty, but it is extremely clear that many of you are not parents. It is utterly impossible to watch and guard your child every moment of every day. That is compounded if you have more than one. I think of myself as a careful parent. I read labels. I try to buy high quality things. I follow most age recommended guidelines (except for Pokemon cards
). But I had to rush my youngest to Urgent Care a few years ago when he broke off a piece of wood from his Easter basket and stuck it up his nose! Why, I will never know. I had checked that the handle was smooth to prevent splinters. I knew everything that was in the basket so that it was safe and age appropriate. I even used paper 'grass' so that the kids and pets didn't accidentally or intentionally eat plastic. But I never thought about breaking off a piece and sticking it up your nose.Phazon Elite
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Well......I regularly ate dry dog food when I was a kid (right out of our dog's dish, lol) and I loved to chew on legos and other stuff (heck, I chew on Yu-GT-FO cards to this day). I turned out alright. Technically speaking.
Heatherdu: So, regardless of how careful one is with one's kids, one's kids will almost ALWAYS find some way to hurt themselves, correct? Oh, how I look forward to my days of fatherhood.....-_- lol
Phazon Elite - well hopefully they will not all hurt themselves but unless they live in a bubble something can happen. You do your best as a parent - keep a watchful eye, feed healthy foods, read labels, tell them rights and wrongs and yes and no, give them praise and discipline when appropriate, teach lessons - but each and every one has a mind, will, and personality of their own and they WILL do things that you have told them not to do. Hopefully, not dangerous things more like feed the peas to the dog. Hahahaha, and now that you said that I have a very vivid memory of eating a Milkbone dog biscuit when I was young. At least that was food even if it was dog food.
All that said - it does really amaze me that the 20 month old in Australia managed to eat a few DOZEN of the beads. Obviously the child was too young for the toy and the toy was not put in a safe place. Still the child should not have had to suffer like that. A tummyache, yeah, that would have been a good lesson on not to eat toys but a coma is extreme.
All that said - it does really amaze me that the 20 month old in Australia managed to eat a few DOZEN of the beads. Obviously the child was too young for the toy and the toy was not put in a safe place. Still the child should not have had to suffer like that. A tummyache, yeah, that would have been a good lesson on not to eat toys but a coma is extreme.
That's half of the problem right there...
Burninating_Torchic
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The chemical isn't dangerous unless ingested.
This is America. Why would we bother to test if the chemicals are dangerous when ingested? As long as they're okay to play with (the intended use), they're absolutely fine!
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The product that was SUPPOSED to be used had been tested the issue is that the manufacturer in China substituted the tested, non-toxic adhesive with a different one. Now I don't know the Quality Assurance of toy companies and the like but they did not test the completed product to verify that the manufacturer used the correct ingredients. And I'm not sure that they should have to because I would think that the ingredients are listed in the contract and that anything that varies from that needs to be communicated. This is very, very similar to the problem with pet food in the not so distant past. The manufacturer used cheaper ingredients as a substitute.