Aqua Dots!!! Not good~~~

cdsulhoff

New Member
aquadots are meant for children of a certain age are they not? Usually on the outside of toy packaging it says the recommended ages. I think by the time you are 5 or 6 stuff that is a toy is not food! I mean kids should know the difference between toys and food. I know I will be raising my child that way. Then again she is 2 and I couldn't imagine buying her aquadots. WE stick to crayola crayons and play-doh and thats only when I can supervise so she doesn't stick anything into her mouth. Prevention is key!

Ok well imagine taking your baby over to a friends house who has these Aqua dots. Lets say you let her crawl around on the floor and there happens to be a little bead that was dropped in the carpet. Kids tend to drop stuff all the time and I am sure that these little beads can be a pain to find when drop. Well we all know babies love to put stuff they find while crawling in their mouth. Now what would you do.. Who would you blame the parent who didn't catch that little bead or the company who just poison your baby?


Another thing the reason why their wasn't a concern on the chocking hazard is because these things are so small it would not block the passage way.
 
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nitwhit3286

Guest
Good, since you're such the great mommy let her play with your Zoloft, Xanax, and Valium. After all, there's no danger since you will teach her not to swallow things.

If you think your kid isn't going to swallow things you are naive. Especially things that look like candy.

If we know that something is dangerous, and we know that it is normal for kids to swallow things, why would we want it around our kids? You're just arguing this to be a PITA, aren't you?



I also made another comment (if you didn't read it) that certain things are meant for children of particular ages. You let children play with toys that are geared towards them. You have taken it to another level saying I will let her play with my prescribed medication. Is that a toy? NO! But lets put it like this, you are always taking a chance when you go to Toys R US or Target and bring home a toy. You definitely have to be the selective consumer at that point. But if Aquadots contains an actual chemical, and you don't have to ingest it for it to be dangerous, by all means take it away!
 
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nitwhit3286

Guest
Ok well imagine taking your baby over to a friends house who has these Aqua dots. Lets say you let her crawl around on the floor and there happens to be a little bead that was dropped in the carpet. Kids tend to drop stuff all the time and I am sure that these little beads can be a pain to find when drop. Well we all know babies love to put stuff they find while crawling in their mouth. Now what would you do.. Who would you blame the parent who didn't catch that little bead or the company who just poison your baby?


Another thing the reason why their wasn't a concern on the chocking hazard is because these things are so small it would not block the passage way.

I see your point. Thank God besides MKD and my parents they are the only ones who have watched over my daughter for any length of time. But you are right, there is always that chance of you going over to someone elses house who has older children who probably play with different toys than a 2 year old. Accidents happen, and thats unforunate for all the poor children that have died due to them either choking or eating a piece of toy.
 

Agee

Well-Known Member
But then again you could say the same thing about all the cute little dora and sesame street toys with lead in it. I blame Hong Kong/China. :yay:

Not so fast... The comapanies that design and prototype these toys specify how they're built and what type of materials are to be used. Yes the production run is outsourced to China with specific build processes. It's the companies responsibility to oversee the quality and adherence how they're built.

If the Chinese are sneaking in sub-standard and/or hazardous materials, they need to be busted. If the companies are lax in their quality control, then bust their azzes too! This issue is just begining to blossom and Lord knows how much hazardous crap is sitting in kids toy-boxes around the country!
 
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nitwhit3286

Guest
Not so fast... The comapanies that design and prototype these toys specify how they're built and what type of materials are to be used. Yes the production run is outsourced to China with specific build processes. It's the companies responsibility to oversee the quality and adherence how they're built.

If the Chinese are sneaking in sub-standard and/or hazardous materials, they need to be busted. If the companies are lax in their quality control, then bust their azzes too! This issue is just begining to blossom and Lord knows how much hazardous crap is sitting in kids toy-boxes around the country!


exactly......and thats a scary thought.
 

CRoyal

Infinite Impetus
I wonder how many sexual predators tried to (or did) purchase the aqua dots after hearing about this. Wouldn't that be scary? :eyebrow:

That's what I was thinking. Cheap date-rape drugs.. The media could have at least simply said they're poision.. not market them as 'date rape' poision.. ugh
 

Callie girl

New Member
aquadots are meant for children of a certain age are they not? Usually on the outside of toy packaging it says the recommended ages. I think by the time you are 5 or 6 stuff that is a toy is not food! I mean kids should know the difference between toys and food. I know I will be raising my child that way. Then again she is 2 and I couldn't imagine buying her aquadots. WE stick to crayola crayons and play-doh and thats only when I can supervise so she doesn't stick anything into her mouth. Prevention is key!

No matter what it is a childs toy with poison and should not be on the market.
 

itsbob

I bowl overhand
New bar pick up line!!

Hey baby.. ya wanna come back to my place and play with my Aqua Dots??
 

theArtistFormerlyKnownAs

Well-Known Member
well, just putting it out there, you DO have to ingest the things for it to be dangerous. (because it is when the chemical is broken down that GHB is created...its not like they actually put GHB on the beads...). So that kinda negates the whole "you just have to touch them and you could be feeling loopy" thing. I just wanted everyone to know that.
Aqua Dots toys withdrawn due to hazardous chemical content - The Money Times

i have to agree with the idea that accidents happen like going to another person's house who had one or more of these things dropped on the ground and a baby finding them (you know how they find the littlest things lol).

so i hope they get all of these things off the shelves asap. :yay:
 

Dymphna

Loyalty, Friendship, Love
well, just putting it out there, you DO have to ingest the things for it to be dangerous. (because it is when the chemical is broken down that GHB is created...its not like they actually put GHB on the beads...). So that kinda negates the whole "you just have to touch them and you could be feeling loopy" thing. I just wanted everyone to know that.
Aqua Dots toys withdrawn due to hazardous chemical content - The Money Times

i have to agree with the idea that accidents happen like going to another person's house who had one or more of these things dropped on the ground and a baby finding them (you know how they find the littlest things lol).

so i hope they get all of these things off the shelves asap. :yay:
I thought the chemical was release when they got wet. The whole idea of this toy is that it sticks together when it is wet. So, the kids are supposed to get it wet and release the chemical so that he beads stick together and they can pick it up as one piece. Therefore the chemical is getting all over their hands. Children's hands will forever go into their mouths. That's why I say most of the kids playing with these toys have been ingesting small amounts of the chemical every time. Not enough to get them sick, or do permanent damage, but probably enough for some of them to feel the effects.
 

Dymphna

Loyalty, Friendship, Love
From news reports:
It's a moot point since they have been recalled anyway, but I still say that the action of getting the beads wet is enough to cause transfer of the chemical coating to the children's hands, which they will in turn ingest by putting their hands in their mouths, or by handling food, which they put in their mouths.

The small quantities involved in most cases won't do anything, but I can see some kids playing with this toy for an extended period of time and getting enough in their system to feel the effects.
 

Toxick

Splat
When I first read that the beads metabolized into a drug when injested, I thought they were going to say that the drug was jenkem.









Mmmmm butthash.
 
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