Cadmium-tainted 'Shrek' glasses

Heretic · Post by **Heretic** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 5:46 am

Take them away from your kids. McDonald's recall 12 million \"Shrek\" glasses. Low level exposure to cadmium increases the risk of chronic kidney disease

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/McDonalds ... 1.html?x=0

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 9:46 am

I have to bring back both of mine. Sadly there are the perfect size and weight for my liking.

Xamindar · Post by **Xamindar** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 3:01 pm

Ah the perks of doing business with China. China doesn't see cadmium as a bad material like the US does:

Jewelry industry veterans in China say cadmium has been used in domestic products there for years. Zinc, the metal most cited as a replacement for lead in imported jewelry being sold in the United States, is a much safer and nontoxic alternative. But the jewelry tests conducted for AP, along with test findings showing a growing presence of cadmium in other children's products, demonstrate that the safety threat from cadmium is being exported.

Source: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/01/ ... 0353.shtml

I will not be buying anything made in China for our children when we have children. Anyone remember the kid who died after swallowing a cadmium necklace charm given out with Reebok shoes a while back? And China thinks this stuff is harmless. Then there was the toothpaste that had antifreeze in it and the Gyoza which Japan bought from China that also had antifreeze in it(wonder what China's fascination with putting antifreeze in edible products is), and the other childs toys that had lead in them. And the list goes on. I'm sure there are many more things out there in Chinese products that we don't even know about yet.