Millions of toys found to contain 'date rape' drug »
Posted by: cmetzger4 9 months, 3 weeks agoTwo U.S. children went into comas after who swallowing Chinese-made Aqua Dots found to contain a chemical that converts into 'date rape' drug when ingested.
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nostalgia9 months, 3 weeks ago
Have you read this story yet??
Chinese firms may get govt aid to sue Mattel
A Chinese provincial government is planning to help local toy manufacturers file a lawsuit against the world's biggest toy maker, Mattel, on grounds of damaging their reputation by recalling more than 21 million China-made toys from the market this summer.
The recall had "strained" the reputation of Chinese toy manufacturers and "made a large number of toy factories in Guangdong province lose a great deal of money," Chen, who is now in talks with American and Chinese lawyers on filing the suit against Mattel in a US court, was quoted as saying by the official China Daily.
http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypa...
The boycott needs to start with Mattel!
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Charlson9 months, 3 weeks ago
Holy kangaroo, who would have thought that beads when ingested would have chemicals on them that converts to the 'date rape' drug? Such a diabolical plot could only be conceived by an evil genius. Nah, just terrible quality control that didn't look at the composition of the ingredients and didn't know enough about chemical reactions especially if the beads came in contact with children. Once again safety controls were lacking. I thought testing product safety would have caught this? On either side of the ocean. Were there even any product testing or research? Or were the manufacturers and retail merchants only concerned with profits in the short term?
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getreal19 months, 3 weeks ago
It doesn't matter what store you buy your toys from the majority of manufacture has been outsourced to China. With Christmas not far behind there will be a toy shortage. I have toys that I'm sure are made out of lead from long ago. We are going to put them into a collection, never to be played with.
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architekker9 months, 3 weeks ago
Looks like the damaged already done to your brain when you had a toy made in China at your time. Made in China products started way before Regan Presidency, What does GWB having to do with this? You should be glad he had this administration discover this before the damage done any farther.
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joeblowe9 months, 3 weeks ago
This looks like a design problem. The chemicals needed to make this product do what it does are apparently not suitable for use around young children who might ingest them. I expect this particular item will be gone forever - unless an alternate compound can be found.
As for boycotting Chinese made toys - excellent idea. Of course, Xmas will be a little THIN as 80% of all toys (last I heard) are now made in China. Go ahead, TRY to find an American made toy for little Johnnie or Suzy. If you do, please report back here as I expect many will be interested to know what you have found.
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joeblowe9 months, 3 weeks ago
Nevermind, I Googled it myself. You might visit:
www.backtobasics.com for American or European made toys.
www.fatbraintoys.com has American made toys
www.FAO.com has a search for toys made in any of several different countries. (NOTE: If you didn't already know it, FAO Schwartz is NOT a cheap place to shop...)
www.madeinusa.org -= American made toys.
OK, that should be a good start. What say we all put a little Red, White, And Blue into Santa's bag this year? (I'm sorry, but you will play merry hell trying to find ELECTRONIC toys made here. Even if they are assembled here, it's very likely the electronics were made in China. )
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nostalgia9 months, 3 weeks ago
Here are more
Vermont Wooden Toys
http://www.vermontwoodentoys.com/
WHITTLE SHORTLINE Railroad
http://www.woodentrain.com/default.aspx
A friend buys from here - I haven't looked to make certain all are made in the US
Imagination Village
http://catalog.imaginationvillage.com/lauri-toy...
Not Made In China- a collection of China-free toys and household products
Great stuff here
http://www.chinafreechristmas.info/2007/10/amer...
Maple Landmark Woodcraft
Handcrafted Wood Toys From Times Past
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ZenAgain9 months, 3 weeks ago
Or, more precisely, try and find an American company who manufactures it's toys within the US.
China is not the Demon here. Many multi-nationals base a great portion of their manufacturing in China including hundreds of your own. GM, GE, Westinghouse, Motorola, Apple, Proctor & Gamble etc. Also European and Asian companies such as BMW, Audi, Siemens, Omron, Surftech etc etc the list is huge. Are their products garbage? Hardly! The buck stops with comapanies like Mattel and Wal-Mart who, in their increasingly rapacious desire for profits at any cost, continue to cut corners with poor quality control, dubious specs and corrupt management.
But I suppose it would be 'Un-American' to actually point the finger of blame at themselves.
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nostalgia9 months, 3 weeks ago
Consumer Reports testers just identified high levels of lead in a toy blood pressure cuff, part of a Fisher-Price kid's "medical kit."
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kriicket9 months, 3 weeks ago
This is absolutely astounding! I too went to a shop, just last week as a matter of fact, and most everything in there was "Made in China". And believe it or not....it was not a walmart, or sam's, or even a kmart.
Joeblowe and nostalgia....I am so glad you posted those websites! Thanks so much. :-)
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Bkumm9 months, 3 weeks ago
This is our own fault, but when you say stuff like that it just reinforces the idea that this is all about money. If people won't pay an extra $2 for a shirt made in Mexico instead of in China then we'd better stop bitching when everything we have is made by the lowest possible bidder.
It's all about the money, but it's also all about the American consumer and American business. Again, stop buying stuff from China. They can't afford it at all and we can.
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tanglang9 months, 3 weeks ago
This is just one more reason why children need to be outside playing with sticks and rocks. I grew up in the 80's and every toy I had was hand made. Even then I spent more time outside playing Cops an Robbers, Hide and Seek, and all the other classics then I did inside with my toys.
(Except Voltron. Voltron rocks!)
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tanglang9 months, 3 weeks ago
By their parents growing a pair and telling their kids NO. When I was young I was only allowed 2 hours of tv time a week. If a commercial came on for a toy that I wanted I would turn to my dad and he would just shake his head. I wouldn't even get a chance to ask. We only got toys on birthdays and Christmas. Even then 9 out of 10 were outside toys.
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NelsonR9 months, 3 weeks ago
Go to Walmart and look at the labels where an item is made, take a magnifier by the way. I'm sick of seeing made in China on what they sell.
I will pay more for American made and was elated to find out cookies I received as a gift were from Scotland. Now if they said China they would have been in the trash like other gifts of the past. They sell crap and Walmart is sucking the life blood from middle class America while acting the part of benefactor. Don't believe it, they are vampires. Until they change and promote made in America they can go suck an egg, from China I hope.
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RedRiverJ9 months, 3 weeks ago
lets save money by letting the chinese manufacture toys for our children.
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texangelwings9 months, 3 weeks ago
Most of my working career has been spent in quality assurance. Testing products should be a necessity! I use to pressure test tanks, that were used for oxygen, I would not want a fireman to be using a tank that had not been acid washed and pressure tested!
This is nothing more that greed and profits that benefit the few! Makes me wonder how these people can sleep at night!
Wonder what quality assurance working experience Mrs. Nord has in order to hold her job?
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jonmaverick9 months, 3 weeks ago
When are you going to realize that the Chinese don't give a damn about your children? We have welcomed them with open arms to a twenty-first century economy without ever considering their fourteenth-century mentality. We've done the same stupid sh!t with the middle east, given them riches beyond their wildest imagining, while they still have class wars and beat their women.
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willottica9 months, 3 weeks ago
Anyone who thinks this is a partisan issue, please think again, the GOP is not unique in outsourcing to the lowest bidder and being all about the money.
You don't make the Clinton's millions by treating everyone fairly. You just don't.
When the bottom line is the bottom line, don't be surprised when you find yourself stuck at the bottom, in line.
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mesodude9 months, 3 weeks ago
"Anyone who thinks this is a partisan issue, please think again, the GOP is not unique in outsourcing to the lowest bidder and being all about the money."
You cannot possibly be serious. Outsourcing is one thing. Making it your party's mission to not only limit government but working aggressively to DESTROY it outright is another thing entirely. That absolutely IS unique to the GOP and I freaking DARE you to cite examples where the Democratic party has maliciously tried to limit government in the ways that this current filthy and criminal administration has. I dare you.
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