"Nothing to see here. We are adopting lead as a new nutrient: Vitamin L."
Posted on 10/31/2007 12:36:42 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government announced an 11th-hour recall Wednesday to warn consumers that fake Halloween teeth sold by the tens of thousands since last year contain excessive amounts of lead.
The $2 packages of "Ugly Teeth" are only the latest in a long line of Chinese-made toys and novelty items recalled because of lead. The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall on Halloween, in a late-morning news release.
The agency estimates that since January 2006, retailers have sold about 43,000 eight-piece packages of the party favors. There were no immediate reports of injuries or illness.
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Unbelievable!
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Uh oh. I recently bought a whole bunch of fishing sinkers that were made in China. I wonder if they have any lead in them?
"Nothing to see here. We are adopting lead as a new nutrient: Vitamin L."
“Does China make anything that isn’t toxic or life-threatening?”
Not only that but the American companies that sell and distribute these products need to be made accountable as well. I think they should be fined $1,000,000 every time a product is recalled due to Chinese manufacturing malpractice.
Maybe then those companies will get the message and do more to monitor their Chinese manufacturing operations.
NO, except for profits.
Should we forget The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 when that young Chinese man who firm as the tank ran over him? This was never address and our government continue to do business as usual
Where was America to defend human rights they were looking to us for help!
I will never get this China thing.
We avoid Cuba like the plague yet enything Chinese is just ducky with our so-called leaders.
In the paper today it was noted that Just Born candies will now make some Peeps in China.
“Does China make anything that isn’t toxic or life-threatening?”
Well, those teeth that are the topic of this article, for one.
Does the head honcho of China own a lead mine or something?
Ugly Teeth pingy-dingy!
It’s their not-so secret weapon to kill us all .......
“I recently bought a whole bunch of fishing sinkers that were made in China. I wonder if they have any lead in them?”
Probably not...
It's not really to kill us all. It's actually to brain damage our youth so they'll vote Democrat, then they can rule us puppet-style.
Eat a few and find out.
The China lead teeth issue affects more than you may expect.
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