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McDonald's Pulls Tainted 'Shrek' Glasses
KTVU.com ^ | 6/3/2010 | Justin Pritchard, AP

Posted on 06/04/2010 6:08:47 AM PDT by leapfrog0202

McDonald's Pulls Tainted 'Shrek' Glasses Collectors Glasses Painted With Toxic Cadmium

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JUSTIN PRITCHARD, Associated Press Writer Posted: 11:29 pm PDT June 3, 2010 Updated: 2:24 am PDT June 4, 2010

LOS ANGELES -- Cadmium has been discovered in the painted design on "Shrek"-themed drinking glasses being sold nationwide at McDonald's, forcing the burger giant to recall 12 million of the cheap U.S.-made collectibles while dramatically expanding contamination concerns about the toxic metal beyond imported children's jewelry.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, which announced the voluntary recall early Friday, warned consumers to immediately stop

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cadmium; mcdonalds; recall; shrek
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To: leapfrog0202

Knowing that my son is at home right now drinking juice from one of these glasses, as soon as I read this alarmist story I became alarmed, flew in to a blind panic and ran around my office in an ever-widening circle screaming “What’ll we do, What’ll we do, What’ll we do; will someone PLEASE think of the CHILdren...”, until I slammed face first into a door frame.

Now my head hurts and my glasses are broken.

I think I’m going to sue McDonalds...


21 posted on 06/04/2010 6:25:08 AM PDT by WayneS (George Orwell's "1984" was supposed to be a Warning, NOT an Instruction Manual.)
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To: stboz; leapfrog0202
All together now.....China?

Exactly my thoughts when I first saw this. It seems like all the cheap junk that ends up being toxic/explosive/mutational always seems like it emanates from there. I half think it's a plot to subtly destroy our upcoming generation. As if the public schools weren't already doing that.

LF0202 - do the glasses say where they were made?

22 posted on 06/04/2010 6:25:31 AM PDT by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (We bury Democrats face down so that when they scratch, they get closer to home.)
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To: leapfrog0202

I hope it doesn’t leach into my Everclear.


23 posted on 06/04/2010 6:26:43 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Live jubtabulously!)
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To: MrB

Wonderful. I’m gonna turn him in as a superfund site.


24 posted on 06/04/2010 6:26:48 AM PDT by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (We bury Democrats face down so that when they scratch, they get closer to home.)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus; stboz

“12 million of the cheap U.S.-made collectibles”


25 posted on 06/04/2010 6:27:51 AM PDT by Xenalyte (Yes, Chef!)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

Right here in the good ‘ole US of A.


26 posted on 06/04/2010 6:28:26 AM PDT by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discover" Sarah Palin)
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To: Xenalyte

My son has never licked or eaten the battery from his Yamaha TTR50 dirt-bike, either, but that hasn’t stopped our esteemed Consumer Products Safety Division from issuing a ban on small motorcycles due to “high lead content”.


27 posted on 06/04/2010 6:30:03 AM PDT by WayneS (George Orwell's "1984" was supposed to be a Warning, NOT an Instruction Manual.)
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To: WayneS

LOL!


28 posted on 06/04/2010 6:31:06 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: leapfrog0202

What do they mean by cheap? They’re selling them for $1.99 per glass. Doesn’t sound ‘cheap’ to me.

I would think since they’re being recalled, they would become a collector’s item.


29 posted on 06/04/2010 6:32:49 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Never trust anyone who points their rear end at God while praying.)
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To: Xenalyte

What, like you thought I was actually going to read the article? ;)


30 posted on 06/04/2010 6:32:49 AM PDT by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (We bury Democrats face down so that when they scratch, they get closer to home.)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
Oh, so you've met the guy in the next cube over from me, then?

I worked with a guy like that once. We had a small section of six cubicles (2x3). I was on the opposite corner from the guy, but he could be heard in quite the radius. You knew is was bad when the poor guy next to him just stood up and bolted, eyes watering, and with a disgusted look on his face.

This same offender would sound like a John Deere tractor, pop, pop, popping through the isles as he walked to and fro.

He even ripped one in a conference with customers once. The poor guy who was accompanying him on the visit just about died (literally and figuratively).

31 posted on 06/04/2010 6:33:29 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (Liberal Logic: Mandatory health insurance is constitutional - enforcing immigration law is not.)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

same story here...


32 posted on 06/04/2010 6:34:41 AM PDT by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: leapfrog0202
Toxic consumer products?

I'll bet that the cheap glasses were made in China...

Just kidding... Yes, I'm a troublemaker...

33 posted on 06/04/2010 6:44:13 AM PDT by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: leapfrog0202

Thanks for this post. We have four glasses.


34 posted on 06/04/2010 6:50:48 AM PDT by redreno (Americans don't go Gault. Americans go Postal.)
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To: redreno; Xenalyte; ConservativeMind; timeflies

quote from Fox article on recall:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,593984,00.html?test=latestnews

In the case of the Shrek-themed glassware, the potential danger would be long-term exposure to low levels of cadmium, which could leach from the paint onto a child’s hand, then enter the body if the child puts that unwashed hand to his or her mouth.

They must have read your mind timeflies - or someone that works there has kids!
You’re welcome redreno. Maybe not worth worrying about but I’d rather be safe when it comes to children.


35 posted on 06/04/2010 6:55:12 AM PDT by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discover" Sarah Palin)
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To: Larry Lucido

lol


36 posted on 06/04/2010 7:15:31 AM PDT by agrace
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To: leapfrog0202

I really, really hate companies that do business with the Chinese Communist.

Here is hoping that company gets sued into the next century...


37 posted on 06/04/2010 7:17:55 AM PDT by dragnet2
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To: Yo-Yo; leapfrog0202
Or, just don’t lick the outside of the glass.

If you put one in a dishwasher, it could get cadmium residue on all your dishes.

38 posted on 06/04/2010 8:06:45 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: dragnet2

The glasses were made in the USA


39 posted on 06/04/2010 8:33:53 AM PDT by bt579 (Amyone else tired of letting the gov't watch as Muslims colonize the greatest nation on Earth?)
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To: bt579

McDonalds is refunding the purchase price PLUS ONE DOLLAR EXTRA to every customer who returns a glass.

Pretty darn good if you ask me.


40 posted on 06/04/2010 8:35:35 AM PDT by bt579 (Amyone else tired of letting the gov't watch as Muslims colonize the greatest nation on Earth?)
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