Do You Know What Is In Your Kid's Toys?

Toy makers are scrambling once again to pull products from the shelves that can harm our children. Who the heck is minding the store? The following story is excerpted from INDSYSTAR.COM:

"Millions of Chinese-made toy beads for children have been pulled from shelves in North America and Australia after scientists found they contained a chemical that converts into a powerful "date rape" drug when ingested."

WTH? Was there no product testing? Where do they get these chemists from? Did they borrow them from the trailer park home made meth labs? This is damn ridiculous!

"Two children in the U.S. and three in Australia were hospitalized after swallowing the beads. In the United States, the toy goes by the name Aqua Dots, which are distributed by Spin Master Toys based in Toronto. They are called Bindeez in Australia, where they were named toy of the year at an industry function earlier this year. Scientists say the beads contain a chemical that the human body metabolizes into the so-called date rape drug gamma hydroxy butyrate. When eaten, the compound -- made from common and easily available ingredients -- can induce unconsciousness, seizures, drowsiness, coma and death. statement from the New South Wales Fair Trading Department said the product was supposed to use a nontoxic compound used in glue, but it contained the harmful chemical instead."

THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!! How can we trust that the regular products that we use have been tested extensively and are safe? Will we find out ten years from now that the lotion we have been putting on our bodies has been poisoning us? Is this really a Chinese issue as the news would have you believe or the get-it-on-the-shelf-as-cheap-as-possible mentallity of the toy makers? We should all be outraged.