Damn! I bought my daughter AquaDots for her 7th birthday last month.
They’ve been recalled.
Seems there’s a chemical coating the beads that, when metabolized, converts to GHB, otherwise known as the “date-rape drug“. According to American National Public Radio, “both the products and the working conditions are dangerous”. What a surprise. Dangerous working conditions in a Chinese toy factory. It’s too much of a theme.
You must read this (okay, it’s long – but skim the headings, including “Workers In China Paid Just 19¢ For Every Barbie Toy They Make”) before you buy another Mattel toy for your child. And read this before you buy another toy at Wal-Mart. I know it’s hard work people, but let’s think before we buy, ‘kay?
We’re going to have a hard time fulfilling Santa’s list this year…
Filed under: politics, rants, Uncategorized Tagged: | aqua dots, barbie, china, chinese sweatshops, mattell, recalled toys, wal-mart
Yeah it’s going to be a handmade Amish doll and hand carved wooden blocks Christmas in our house this year! LOL I cringe when I cruise through the toy departments anywhere because I know everything I consider will eventually be recalled! What a world we have created for our kids.
Ugh…not again.
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