Monday, June 7, 2010

McDonald's recall puts spotlight on cadmium's dangers

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Massive recall McDonald's Shrek glasses with concentrations of cadmium in furniture design is only the beginning to wait for an attack damage of several dealers against children, as a highly toxic metal used in more and more instead of leading insiders say.

McDonald's Netherlands on Friday announced a voluntary recall 1.4 million Shrek-themed drinking glasses on Thursday to 12 million glasses in the United States to remember.

Tests conducted by the American shopper Product Safety Commission a drawing graphs of cadmium glass held in "protective low level is being prepared," said a spokesman.

This comes on the heels of CPSC tests on children Jewels earlier this year, which resulted in three high-profile recalls the connection of American products with a high concentration of cadmium are sold in Walmart and Claire.

Cadmium is carcinogenic in high concentrations and may be useless possessions low health experience, as the metal welcomes children. In this case, the risk of possible long-term exposure to low levels required mouthing painted design or dripping paint on the hands of children, then the body, if the child make the unwashed hand into the mouth.

Separate opinions of McDonald's USA and McDonald's Canada said consumers immediately stop using the glasses, but pointed out that four glasses - sold for $ 2 as part of a campaign for the movie Shrek Forever After - estimated by an independent third party laboratory and "determined to fully comply with all applicable (U.S. and Canada) requirements for time to build and Distribution."

Month advertising campaign was scheduled to expire on June 7.

But in light of the CPSC's "evolving standards of the Court of cadmium in consumer products, McDonald's set, a very careful that the voluntary removal Shrek Forever After glasses are suitable."

Currently there are no provisions in the U.S. or Canada that children jewelry cadmium to reduce the harvest and children as Shrek glasses are not covered by the toy regulations which limit of cadmium in toys. As a result, some fear that cadmium has become the go-metals by some manufacturers and regulators, only Now Playing catch up.

"This is a real problem that Health Canada is lacking. What happened to people taking their lead from the product and lead to the casting industry, cadmium replacement," said George after Frabels Inc., a Montreal-based company that import components, gems and jewelry. "Go check out Cadmium, which is much, much, much more deadly than lead.

"You know, a journalist wanted to do and we are locked in buying them. It would be ridiculous. The government has concluded cadmium, which is more dangerous than lead will ever have."
Health Canada has regularly tests kids jewelry are looking for articles in the past decade, leading to further limit currently set at 0.06 percent lead.

Testing for cadmium was not part of the curriculum until this year and is currently working substance "of what the" Health Canada said Friday.

But the department announced the new rules may take some time, because Health Canada is "the data collection phase."

Paul Midler, writer poorly Made in China: Insider's Account Tactics Behind the production of China of the game, "said the song, a number of Chinese manufacturers began using cadmium instead of lead in 2007 after a massive recall of Chinese toys Mattel Inc High-profile recalls in 1983 within the product the paint.

"The perfect example of the fact that three years after these problems in the quality of lead, cadmium, and suddenly we all as:" Why are they looking for cadmium. Well, no one knew to test for cadmium "Midler, based in Hong Kong, said an interview with jewelry made in China.

Meadow Jeffrey Hammer, professor of Chemistry at Ashland University in Ohio, tested a number of pieces of jewelry cadmium children last year, and I found a very high level.

In an interview he said the use of cadmium in nickel-cadmium battery is sensible, because "the profit margins lead now."

Collectible glasses are available in four models describing the characters Shrek, Princess Fiona, Donkey and Puss in Boots. Cinemas opened in the United States and Canada, May 21

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