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rkzenrage 08-27-2007 05:11 PM

One more and I'm gonna' lose it, China Sucks
 
Some Baby Bibs Said to Contain Levels of Lead

Quote:

August 15, 2007, Wednesday
By ERIC LIPTON (NYT); Business/Financial Desk
Late Edition - Final, Section C, Page 1, Column , 1173 words
DISPLAYING ABSTRACT - *Laboratory tests show certain vinyl baby bibs sold at Toys 'R' US stores appear to be contaminated with lead, making inexpensive bibs another example of made-in-China product that may be health hazard to children; vinyl bibs are sold for less than $5 each under store brand labels, including Especially for Baby and Koala Baby; tests financed by Center for Environmental Health show lead as high as three times level allowed in paint in several styles of bibs purchased from Toys 'R' Us and Babies 'R' Us stores in California; separate test by laboratory hired by New York Times of same Toys 'R' Us bibs, purchased in Maryland, finds similar level of contamination; Toys 'R' Us says tests done by independent lab show bibs to be in compliance with safety standards for lead levels; Consumer Product Safety Commission says it would prefer that there be no elevated levels of lead in bibs
I also read recently that they are worried that Bejing's air may harm Olympic athletes, so some may not compete, LOL... yeah, committee, great idea having it there.

skysidhe 08-27-2007 07:36 PM

One more beautiful photo of China
 
http://media.damnfunnypictures.com/d...y_china_05.jpg

Elspode 08-27-2007 10:34 PM

Meh. Probably taken on the site of an old lead mine. :D

skysidhe 08-27-2007 11:50 PM

lol

elSicomoro 08-28-2007 12:01 AM

Speaking of old lead mines...

Ibby 08-28-2007 06:48 AM

Nuh-uh. No tinyurl's for me. Post the real link or yer outta luck, man.

I dont trust tinyurl.

elSicomoro 08-28-2007 10:09 AM

If you say so: http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/new...E?OpenDocument

Perry Winkle 08-28-2007 06:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sycamore (Post 379289)

I'm not sure what's more frightening, the article or the fact that it's hosted on Lotus Notes.

rkzenrage 08-28-2007 06:53 PM

There is an article in the NY Times that states they are talking about not having some of the events because of the air quality.
I was not making it up.
I met a Olympic cyclist in LA that trained there and became very ill because of it.


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