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sltr · 11-08-2007, 07:40 AM

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 Marketed in Australia as Bindeez, it was withdrawn there this week when three children needed hospital treatment after swallowing beads.

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

Cyrano · 11-08-2007, 07:45 AM

North American companies really need to begin performing adequate due diligence in respect to product safety/quality prior to releasing it for public consumption.

11-08-2007, 07:40 AM	#1
sltr Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,191	aqua dots toy covering metabolizes into ghb 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 Marketed in Australia as Bindeez, it was withdrawn there this week when three children needed hospital treatment after swallowing beads. http://www.thestar.com/News/article/274693

11-08-2007, 07:45 AM	#2
Cyrano Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: USA Posts: 900	North American companies really need to begin performing adequate due diligence in respect to product safety/quality prior to releasing it for public consumption.