Slog - Comments on Poison Teeth http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth Stores are pulling fake teeth made for children--meant to the worn in the mouth--off the shelves after tests revealed dangerously high lead levels. Guess what? The teeth were made in China, where they've never met a product destined for export that couldn't be improved with a little lead--and the tests that discovered the lead were conducted by university students, not the government. The teeth were analyzed by a team from Ashland University in Ohio looking into lead content in children's products. "Lead paint is a problem when it's ingested by a child, so to have lead on an item that... Copyright 2008 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:00:00 -0800 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:47:29 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Adam Actually, children in China ain't doin' so hot either.

According to an article in Le Monde yesterday, the number of deformed babies born in China has risen 40% since 2001 in heavy industrial areas. Nationwide, 105 out of every 1,000 babies is born with a birth defect for a total of 1.2 million babies per year, or one every thirty seconds.

]]> Adam http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837097 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837097 News Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:10:10 -0800 Comment by It's Mark Mitchell People are living too long in the developed world. I say more lead in the toys, and let's bring back lead face paint. It killed the Roman ruling class quite nicely.

]]> It's Mark Mitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837100 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837100 News Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:11:47 -0800 Comment by Gabriel Slog is just turning into an inventory of things we should be afraid of. Toys, pit bulls, straight parents, Christians, carcinogenic guts. Taken individually, I understand each of them, but together it's just a weird litany of fear over here.

]]> Gabriel http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837102 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837102 News Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:20:48 -0800 Comment by Kristin Bell Sorry, this isn't related to the post, but did you all know that Powell's bookstore's store cat, Fup, has died? She was 19 years old and an icon. I don't know if any of you ever met her or heard of her adventures in the newsletters. Well, just wanted to share the news from down south. For more info. click this link: http://www.powells.com/blog/?p=2568
I hope you don't mind me sharing.

]]> Kristin Bell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837104 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837104 News Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:22:03 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe Hit the breaks, Dan! A cat is dead!

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837106 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837106 News Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:31:05 -0800 Comment by Wolf @ #3:

And Republicans.

Don't forget the Republicans.

]]> Wolf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837108 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837108 News Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:33:58 -0800 Comment by patrick I did not intend to kill Fup.

My husband was was trying to put out the fire he started on my mothers dead body and it make me want to vomit but I was wearing lead soaked fake teeth at the time and the puke was stuck in my mouth so it couldn't possibly have been my fault that I strangled the cat.

]]> patrick http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837111 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837111 News Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:37:24 -0800 Comment by Greg China's manufacturers aren't necessarily more unscrupulous than their U.S. counterparts, they just get caught more often.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837117 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837117 News Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:46:10 -0800 Comment by kitana Don't blame China alone. Point the fingers to the relentless pursuit of lower prices demanded by the consumers and retailers. You think "cheap" stuff made in China will be any safer were they made in another third world countries where many environmental and labor regulations are lax or next to none?

]]> kitana http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837118 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837118 News Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:46:38 -0800 Comment by Westside forever @3 don't forget concrete...scaaary concrete.

]]> Westside forever http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837128 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837128 News Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:04:28 -0800 Comment by dead cat fetish I'm so horny for Fup right now.

]]> dead cat fetish http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837141 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837141 News Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:16:54 -0800 Comment by Vitamin.D.Deficiency Dan, if China wanted to target athletes from other countries for 2008, they would be exporting lead-poisoned condoms, not children toys.

]]> Vitamin.D.Deficiency http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837165 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837165 News Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:40:58 -0800 Comment by Michigan Matt THIS is why I don't dress up for Halloween. Sweet Moses.

]]> Michigan Matt http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837172 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837172 News Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:48:10 -0800 Comment by maxsolomon a US company contracted with the Chinese one to create those teeth. If the contract didn't specifically exclude lead, then no one's to blame in China. just another day at the office in global capitalism.

i can't wait for Peak Oil to end shipments of utter shite from Asia.

]]> maxsolomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837180 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837180 News Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:59:25 -0800 Comment by Wowza @7 - The talent coordinator for Ellen Degeneres would like to speak with you on line 1....

]]> Wowza http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837184 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837184 News Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:01:31 -0800 Comment by tsm @3 - The Slog crew does indeed seem a bit, um, overexcitable these days. I wonder if they're going to get all freaked out next summer when headlines will start routinely popping up in the news about shark attacks at beaches, as they do pretty much every summer in recent years. OMG SHARKS!!!!!!!!!!!11111

]]> tsm http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837203 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837203 News Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:20:32 -0800 Comment by M Of course China is trying to kill us all. Why wouldn't they? Make a mint selling us poisoned products, take over our national economy, ... who needs nukes? They're probably really happy about Fup too. And my pet mouse that died last week. Meanwhile we spend our brazilians on a pointless patch of desert in the middle east.....China=Some smart little devils.

]]> M http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837207 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837207 News Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:23:32 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi @16,

Nah. It's too cold to swim in the ocean up here. Seattlites are safe from sharks. Now brain-eating bacteria in ponds and lakes, that's another story.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837209 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837209 News Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:23:54 -0800 Comment by Bont Is everything in China made of lead? Lead seems to have more uses than Arm and Hammer baking soda.

]]> Bont http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837265 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837265 News Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:06:54 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO @ 8: What US counterparts? Are there any US manufacturers left?

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837323 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837323 News Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:43:28 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale Fuck, I didn't notice till I was done eating them, but my smoked oysters were 'farmed raised' and otherwise made by Pacific Friend in China. Is there such a thing as Lead Fever? Fuck China. Oh, and please don't call in G-Dub's loan.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837349 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837349 News Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:05:39 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Cats shouldn't be in bookstores. Cats STINK, and many people are allergic. I can't go in Twice Sold Tales because of the catshit-and-fur smell.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837404 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837404 News Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:13:14 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO People that are allergic to cats are crybabies and don't deserve to enter bookstores that are nice enough to have kitties.

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837435 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c837435 News Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:36:16 -0800 Comment by Kristin Bell @23: I agree! heh. Cats rock! And they don't smell like catshit and fur!

]]> Kristin Bell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c838781 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/poison_teeth#c838781 News Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:47:29 -0800