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News Credits: 11 · by **kirbenvost** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 11:20 am

Ragnorok64 wrote:
kirbenvost wrote:Nah, I don't care about any recalls. It's not like I'm sticking them in my mouth or something.

Did you guys hear about the owner of the company that manufactured those toys? Apparently he hanged himself... That's pretty harsh. But why would he do such a thing? Couldn't they just change the formula and carry on with business? Unless there's some sort of penalty for something like that.
Um... read this link Ex-Head of China FDA Sentenced To Death I'm not sure returning to buisness as usual would have been and option for him.

Ah, yeah. I guess that would not be an option.

Wow, China is the scariest thing since... well, the USSR.

by **megatroptimus** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 11:30 am

Hard for me to imagine that pathetic country got the Olympics.

by **neliz** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 12:16 pm

megatroptimus wrote:Hard for me to imagine that pathetic country got the Olympics.

Yeah. .they would've been better off organizing in in Iraq of Afghanistan.. those are much safer places nowadays..

News Credits: 11 · by **kirbenvost** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 12:31 pm

Indded, it's rather nuts that they got it...

News Credits: 198 · by **DevastaTTor** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 12:59 pm

I'd eat them.

by **Fortress_Maximus** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:06 pm

Not a prob, MISB collector so unless it explodes while in the box... should be ok. This actually happened w/the SW Ep 1 Darth Maul lightsabers back in 2001 was it? Whatever no problems unless batteries are added, so I say remove em.

News Credits: 2 · by **saintsfan1983** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 7:39 am

I don't think I would return them. I would make sure my son couldn't get to them though. Which I already make sure he can't get to the ones I cherish.

News Credits: 9 · by **Zeds** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:22 pm

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm lead...Just the thought of licking my figures make me go all goose bumpy

I keep mine MISB/MOSC so no worries for me.

News Credits: 1 · by **Sherade** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:47 pm

gogleman374 wrote: BTW, I sure hope you Havent licked Blasters Rub symbol.

Now who gave you that idea?
:grin:

by **Uniprimus** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:57 pm

Yeah. No. I wouldn't return them. Besides, who eats their toys anyway? :grin:

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 5:32 am

Autobot032 wrote:I doubt lead absorption through the skin (as little as it happens) would lead to as many problems as people think.

Well, I was wrong. So was Toyotus Superion....

toyotus Superion wrote:Seriously though, lead poisoning mostly affects kids because they have developing nervous systems and their skin easily absorbs the lead.

Here's why:

Time Magazine: Troubles In The Toy Chest wrote:2. Is a child who has played with these toys in immediate danger?

No. Lead paint and loose magnets are potentially serious dangers, but there's no need to panic if your child has been playing with a toy that's part of the recall.

Lead can't be inhaled or absorbed through the skin, so a child would have to chew the paint off a toy and eat a significant amount of it before getting sick. "That's not easy to do," says Dr. Michael Shannon, an emergency physician and the director of the lead poisoning treatment program at Children's Hospital Boston. "But the risk is not zero, and if parents do have a toy that contains lead, then they would want to remove it, so their child doesn't have that risk."

The rest of the article can be found here: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article ... ml?cnn=yes

by **neliz** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 1:33 pm

those of you that watch mythbusters also know this from when they wanted to recreate the woman from "the man with the golden gun" and covered someone in gold paint, with no ill effects whatsoever.