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McDonald's, Cadmium, and Thermo Electron Niton Guns
An anonymous reader writes, snipping from a story at NPR: "'How did the Consumer Products Safety Commission find out that cadmium, a toxic metal, was present on millions of Shrek drinking glasses now being recalled by McDonald's? Well, an anonymous person with access to some pretty slick testing equipment tipped off Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) about the problem. Her office confirmed that somebody using a Thermo Electron Niton XRF testing gun found a lot of cadmium, sometimes used in yellow pigments, on the surface of the glasses. The source overnighted glasses to Speier's office last week, which then turned over the test results and specimens to the CPSC. ... By law, no more than 75 parts per million of cadmium is supposed to be present in paint on kids toys. Speier's office said the amount found on the glasses was quite a bit higher than that.' Seems like the answer to a previous question about at-home science — this blogger seems to have been one of the anonymous sources."
A two trillion dollar budget, and still they miss this.
It used to be that public safety was the number one purpose and concern of the government. I guess poisoning children is less important now than making sure those with political power get bailed out. Children don't vote, after all. Well, except maybe in Chicago.
people forget that a Thermo Electron Niton XRF testing gun now comes in every Happy Meal.
Which would really suck when my kids get annoyed that I want to play with their Happy Meal toy.
if they were smart theyd be annoyed at you for feeding them shit for food and turning them into future fatasses, all because McDonalds turned them into little salesmen by putting a stupid clown and a dinky playground in their stores. you can practice now by teaching them to say "i'm just big boned" or "its genetic and the fact that i eat more calories than i burn has absolutely nothing to do with it". fatass.
You are a fucking MORON.
Mods, it's not flamebait if it's true.