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AQUA DOTS recall... date rape drug?

jodiFL avatar
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What was touted as one of the hottest new toys this Christmas is being pulled off store shelves because of fears it could poison children.
Aqua Dots, distributed in North America by Toronto-based Spin Master, are liquid-filled beads that can be arranged into designs and sprayed with water to hold them together. But if swallowed, the beads' coating reportedly metabolizes into the hallucinogenic "date rape" drug gammahydroxybutyrate, also known as GBH. An overdose can cause seizures, coma or death.
The toy, aimed at kids age 4 and older and heavily advertised on TV, is made in China by Australian company Moose Enterprise. Marketed in Australia as Bindeez, it was withdrawn there this week when three children needed hospital treatment after swallowing beads.
The Toys `R' Us chain was the first here to take Aqua Dots off its shelves, followed by Mastermind, which has stores in Toronto and across the GTA. It had been on Wal-Mart's list of top 12 Christmas toys.
Spin Master issued a statement yesterday saying it was asking retailers across North America to stop selling Aqua Dots.
"Out of an abundance of caution, we have stopped shipping this item and are working with the Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada," the firm said. "Our company is working diligently to identify any shipments that could potentially be included in a recall by . . . Canadian officials."
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/274693

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kathydwells avatar
Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname
#3
I'm thinking...where the HE** is the QA/QC department????? Wouldn't they check this stuff out before they put it on the market? :idontno:
scooterbug44 avatar
SoWal Expert
#4
I thought kid's toys for that age group weren't supposed to be small enough to swallow anyway............obviously they aren't supposed to dissolve into GBH. :idontno:

Glad my mother/grandmother save toys for future generations - those seem to be the only "safe" toys as they were manufactured before we sent everything overseas to be made!
jodiFL avatar
Beach FanaticAuthor
#5
What I cant figure out is that I heard about this toy almost a week ago being recalled in Australia. Why did it take OUR government this long to recall (notice in the top right corner if pic) the "ATA Toy of The Year 2007"? I can only hope that they were waiting to get it off the shelves before advertising GHB being on sale at Walmart.

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sunspotbaby avatar
SoWal Insider
#6
I'm thinking...where the HE** is the QA/QC department????? Wouldn't they check this stuff out before they put it on the market? :idontno:

They are all passed out on the floor in the lab while the evil CEO has his way with them:biggrin:
Miss Kitty avatar
Meow
#7
They are all passed out on the floor in the lab while the evil CEO has his way with them:biggrin:

:yikes:...this is so bad it is good. :floor:
BeachSiO2 avatar
Beach Fanatic
#8
What I cant figure out is that I heard about this toy almost a week ago being recalled in Australia. Why did it take OUR government this long to recall (notice in the top right corner if pic) the "ATA Toy of The Year 2007"? I can only hope that they were waiting to get it off the shelves before advertising GHB being on sale at Walmart.

I'll be right back I need to pick up a few items at Wal Mart :leaving:
peapod1980 avatar
percy
#9
I can hear it now from the grade school boys--hey, wanna play Aqua Dots? :lol:
InletBchDweller avatar
SoWal Insider
#10
:floor::clap:good one P:biggrin:
I can hear it now from the grade school boys--hey, wanna play Aqua Dots? :lol:
Matt J avatar
SWGB
#11
They've already got the pacifiers.
hnooe avatar
Beach Fanatic
#12


http://www.thestar.com/News/article/274693

I hate to say the Bush Administration has a part in this...but, uh..His head of the Food and Drug Administration came to the Bush Administration as a consultant with former big time corporate accounts....Republicans put the "fox in charge of the henhouse"..again (i.e., "..youre doin' a good job, Brownie.")

She would say that big government gets in the way of her and her cronies, less restriction, more corporate U.S. profits--too bad a few kids here and ther have to pay the price!
No Oversight=No protection:angry:
30A Skunkape avatar
Skunky
#13
I hate to say the Bush Administration has a part in this...but, uh..His head of the Food and Drug Administration came to the Bush Administration as a consultant with former big time corporate accounts....Republicans put the "fox in charge of the henhouse"..again (i.e., "..youre doin' a good job, Brownie.")

She would say that big government gets in the way of her and her cronies, less restriction, more corporate U.S. profits--too bad a few kids here and ther have to pay the price!
No Oversight=No protection:angry:

:lol:
Randy_McMurphy avatar
Beach Comber
#14
aqua dots? i've heard of dipping dots. should we eat them? they sell them in destin. i've never heard of them as date rape candy. wow. i must really be behind the times. please don't take me seriously on this topic.
Matt J avatar
SWGB
#15
aqua dots? i've heard of dipping dots. should we eat them? they sell them in destin. i've never heard of them as date rape candy. wow. i must really be behind the times. please don't take me seriously on this topic.

Eaten too fast they freeze the dates brain rendering them unconcious. :yikes:

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