Thursday, November 08, 2007

But I'm too young to date!!!

Quoted from http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=3835999:

ABC News: Aqua Dots Containing 'Date Rape' Drug Pulled From Shelves

"Yellow Terror", 1899 editiorial cartoon

Millions of Chinese-made toys have been pulled from shelves in North America and Australia after scientists found they contain a chemical that converts into a powerful "date rape" drug when ingested. Two children in the U.S. and three in Australia were hospitalized after swallowing the beads.

With only seven weeks until Christmas, the recall is yet another blow to the toy industry already bruised by a slew of recalls last summer.

In the United States, the toy goes by the name Aqua Dots, a highly popular holiday toy distributed by Toronto-based Spin Master Toys. It is called Bindeez in Australia, where it was named toy of the year at an industry function earlier this year.

Moose Enterprises said Bindeez and Aqua Dots are made at the same factory, which is located in Shenzhen in China's southern Guangdong province. Last week the Chinese government announced an export ban on more than 700 toy factories in the region because of shoddy products.

The company said that the product is distributed in 40 countries but that it was up to the individual countries and distributors to determine whether the product would be pulled.

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Some 4 million Chinese-made Aqua Dots toys were recalled in the United States because they may contain a chemical which, if swallowed, can lead to a coma or seizures.

So, I wonder what will it take for the U.S. to finally realize that China isn't our ally, and is in fact our enemy?? Tainted pet food, lead painted toys, bootleg copying of American software, and now date rape drug coated toys for kids.  What will it finally take America?

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