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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: bt579
The glasses were made in the USA

lol..

You're suggesting zillion dollar mega corps like McDonald's don't do business with the Communist Chinese?

41 posted on 06/04/2010 8:39:30 AM PDT by dragnet2
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To: dragnet2

Even if they were made in China, which they weren’t,, you buy 12 million glasses, and don’t freakin’ test even one? Mac’s fault!


42 posted on 06/04/2010 8:53:01 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Yep....


43 posted on 06/04/2010 9:03:04 AM PDT by dragnet2
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To: bt579

But where were they decorated?

The Chinese seem to have a thing for cadmium.


44 posted on 06/04/2010 12:34:23 PM PDT by FreeStateYank (I want my country and constitution back, now!)
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To: leapfrog0202

Just wondering. Anybody have any idea what would happen if you place the recalled glasses in the dishwasher, with other dishes and cups? I was wondering if I just ruined my dishware.


45 posted on 06/04/2010 3:19:49 PM PDT by redreno (Americans don't go Gault. Americans go Postal.)
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To: leapfrog0202

That Shrek is so ugly he’d cut down any fatso’s Big Mac consumption to four a meal and Mrs. Shrek looks like she’s super sized her fires too many times herself.


46 posted on 06/04/2010 3:36:22 PM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
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To: Colonel Kangaroo
McDonald's sucks bad....Years ago we were in a MacD parking lot, and someone had thrown down a half eaten big mac and my German Shepard sniffed it and walked away...

Last time I ate their garbage, the workers were all illegal aliens, that couldn't even speak English. WTF is up with that?

People eat that tainted crap?

47 posted on 06/04/2010 4:49:48 PM PDT by dragnet2
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To: redreno

I don’t know redreno - I’d google cadmium. I’d almost bet if you reran the dishwasher with some vinegar or something those dishes would be fine.

Good luck :-)


48 posted on 06/04/2010 5:14:19 PM PDT by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discover" Sarah Palin)
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To: leapfrog0202; stylecouncilor; windcliff
McDonalds is your kind of place
Shrek glasses are cadmium laced
boy are we red faced
this is a disgrace
McDonalds is your kind of place

TO GET CANCER

In Shrek the movie there is "Donkey". In the manufacturing of these glasses there is "Jackass".

49 posted on 06/04/2010 5:34:35 PM PDT by I Drive Too Fast
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To: leapfrog0202

From another report on this incident:

“All the recalled jewelry was made in China. The drinking glasses are the first American-made products to be recalled.

“Wolfson said the recalled glasses have “far less cadmium” than the recalled jewelry. He would not say how much cadmium leached from the glasses in tests, only that it was “slightly above the protective level currently being developed by the agency.”

“Arc is a French company with a plant in New Jersey; its origins as a glassmaker date to 1825. The company said that it has been making glasses for McDonald’s for 15 years and that levels of cadmium used in the enamel baked into the glass were within current federal safety guidelines.

“Biagi, Arc’s vice president of North American sales, said the company was surprised and confused when it got word of the recall Thursday night.

“Our feeling is these glasses are safe,” Biagi said.

“Biagi said the images on the glasses were made with enamel baked into them rather than paint, a common process. HE DID NOT IDENTIFY ARC’S SUPPLIERS.”

From: http://www.kitv.com/health/23789574/detail.html

It’ll be interesting to see who the supplier was, if it is ever divulged.


50 posted on 06/04/2010 5:51:57 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: JACKRUSSELL

Heard anything about this?


51 posted on 06/04/2010 5:58:24 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: SharpRightTurn

Yes, it will be!


52 posted on 06/04/2010 9:07:54 PM PDT by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discover" Sarah Palin)
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