Thursday, November 29, 2007

Asbestos is the new Lead

Lead is passé. Asbestos is where its at. [Link]
This Christmas, the new new thing is asbestos-tainted toys and other products. The CPSC doesn't even test for asbestos, so it's anyone's guess what products might be hiding some away—or rather it used to be, until an independent consumer group ponied up the cash to pay for the testing.

The results cover a variety of products:

  • CSI Fingerprint Examination Kit (asbestos in both the white and glowing powders)
  • Art Skills' Clay Bucket
  • Three varieties of Ja-Ru Toy Clay
  • Scotch High Performance Duct Tape and its All Weather Duct Tape
  • DAP Crack Shot Spackling Paste and DAP's 33 Window Glazing
  • Gardner Leak Stopper

According to the article, "Asbestos also was also found in hair rollers, hot plates and small appliances imported from China and sold in major drug store chains. The organization may do additional testing on those products and others."
Did China run out of Lead?

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