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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."
people forget that a Thermo Electron Niton XRF testing gun now comes in every Happy Meal.
It had to be China or New Jersey
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
The glasses were made in China.
I'd take that bet. Because they were made in New Jersey. (ARC International, based in Millville, N.J.)
ahhhhh... new jersey. the china of the west.
Large low cost runs with plenty of lead time, like McDonalds would want, would likely be produced in China.
I misread that as "low cost runs with plenty of lead" - which would also likely be produced in China.
Socialism: a lie told by totalitarians and believed by fools.
What color is the sky in your world?
Red white or blue depending on what the chemical manufacturing plant next to my house is making.
Our children can't repel cadmium of that magnitude!
feeding them shit for food and turning them into future fatasses
Our food is only 5% shit by weight, and it takes more than just food to turn them into greasy, overweight nerds - specifically, you need WOW and a good internet connection.
a stupid clown and a dinky playground
Yeah? Let's see your clown and playground! From what your girlfriend says, you're the clown, and calling your "playground" dinky would be a compliment.
"i'm just big boned" or "its genetic"
Hey, your Mom liked my big bone, and that kind of thing is genetic. Sorry the "enhancement" ads lied to you, little anonymous coward.
- McDonalds
No, I had to ask my neighbor, whose former roommate's sister's last boyfriend knew a guy at the power company who could get him a manual on how do it by wiring your own transformer using 13 feet of copper pipe, a few steel rods, some scavenged copper wire, and duct tape.
The society for a thought-free internet welcomes you.
OK, I actually read some of the linked articles. (I know, it's crazy.)
The recall now makes a lot more sense to me.
The preferred solution is to not have a problem.
Yep, saving the world...until the LHC and pressurized oil destroy it.
Let q be a radix > 1. I am in ur base-q, killing 10 d00ds.
Oh please! It was trying to kiss the ass of the "make everything healthy!" nuts that ruined McDonald's in the first place! I'm sure many of the old timers remember when their fries were actually awesome, instead of tasting like heated cardboard. That was because they used to be dipped in sugar and fried in beef lard, not anymore! It's too unhealthy! so instead we get burgers that taste like bricks, and fries that taste like cardboard. Yum Yum!
It is FAST FOOD, it is SUPPOSED to be bad for you, okay? Want healthy go home and make a fricking salad. I swear if I ever win the lotto I'm gonna open a chain of restaurants called "McFatty's" with a slogan like "McFatty's, tell the health food nuts to kiss your ass!" and I bet it'll be a hit! It'll have nothing but big fat burgers, fried buns of course, and fries dipped in sugar and cooked in 100% beef lard! Hell I'll fry every damned thing on the menu, won't nothing be less than 1000 calories, I'll have them lined around the block! And I'll even have a smoking section just so I can piss off the anti-smokers as well!
ACs don't waste your time replying, your posts are never seen by me.