Aqua Dates?
Another toy recall, this time the colorful Aqua Dots. Only it isn’t a lead issue this time around. It’s much worse. When ingested, the chemicals in the Dots become GHB, or the Date Rape Drug.
Children who swallow the beads become dizzy, vomit, and can slip into a temporary coma. Two incidents related to the beads have been reported in the U.S., and four cases have been reported in Australia.
The toy is marketed in North America under the brand Aqua Dots by Toronto-based distributor Spin Master; in Australia, the toy is sold under the name Bindeez by Moose Enterprises of Melbourne. Both products are manufactured in China.
On Wednesday, Moose Enterprises announced an Australia-wide recall of Bindeez. Subsequently, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Spin Master issued a voluntary recall of 4.2 million units of Aqua Dots in North America.
Now that this information is in the news - and it should be - I am worried that we may see a rash of assaults from idiot teenage boys who find out that they have this drug at their easy disposal. And if this does happen, then the Chinese have a helluva lot more to be held to account on than just lead paint. No recall can undo a rape.
