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U.S. safety officials have voluntarily recalled about 4.2 million Chinese-made Aqua Dots toys contaminated with a powerful "date rape" drug that has caused some children to vomit and lose consciousness upon ingesting the contents.

Scientists have found the highly popular holiday toy contains a chemical that, once metabolized, converts into the toxic "date rape" drug GHB (gamma-hydroxy butyrate), U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) spokesman Scott Wolfson told CNN.

CPSC spokescritter Julie Vallese suggests that anyone with these Aqua Dots should throw them out.

Gee, do ya think?

I know this is an unachievable dream but couldn't the relevant regulatory agencies, y'know, do their fucking jobs?

And what the hell is wrong with China?

Perhaps we should reexamine our trade relationship with that country.

Just a thought.

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Comments

[Rob]

Man, you switch 1,4 Butanediol for 1,5 Pentanediol and look at the problems you have!

I didn't realize 1,4 Butanediol could do that -- had to look it up. I know it as a solvent for processes like the manufacture of spandex. Turns out it's metaboolized by the body into GHB. Oopsie.

This is why we were taught to not taste anything we made or found Organic Chemistry Lab, I guess!

[spork_incident]

This is why we were taught to not taste anything we made or found Organic Chemistry Lab, I guess!

I, for one, am glad that Dr. Albert Hofmann didn't follow that advice.

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