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Topic: World's Worst Products
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jrose
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posted 31 October 2007 07:31 AM
Sleeping pills for kids top global list of bad products quote: SYDNEY (AFP) - Sleeping pills advertised for children, dangerous toys and bottled water taken from local reservoirs are among the world's worst products, a global consumer group said Monday.In announcing its bad products awards for 2007, Consumers International said the top prize went to the US subsidiary of Japanese firm Takeda Pharmaceuticals for promoting a sleeping drug for children. The company ran a television advertisement in the United States which used images of children, chalk boards and a school bus to sell its drug Rozerem.
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Doug
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posted 06 November 2007 12:13 AM
This one is sort of odd. Chinese toy again, but not lead this time. quote: Chinese-made Bindeez, which won the 2007 Australian Toy of the Year award at the Melbourne Toy and Hobby fair, contains hundreds of beads which can induce seizures, drowsiness or a coma if eaten.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22712064-2,00.html The beads contain a chemical which is metabolized in the body to the drug GHB.
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M. Spector
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posted 11 November 2007 02:44 PM
quote: Originally posted by Boom Boom: The world's stupidest product is probablt the Q-Ray "ionized" bracelet, brought by millions of dummies sucked in by TV advertizing.
This little piece of fraudulent quackery will be the subject of CBC-TV Marketplace on Wednesday November 14.ETA: Now available to watch online. ETA: cross-link to another thread. [ 04 January 2008: Message edited by: M. Spector ]
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a lonely worker
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posted 11 November 2007 08:48 PM
Meanwhile Megabrands as a result of losing money in one of their tainted toy scares did the only thing reasonable for a capitalist to return to profitability:They closed their plant in New Jersey and shipped its production to China. Mega Brands losses quote: Mega Brands Inc. shares fell to an all-time low today after the company said it was closing a New Jersey factory and shifting more work to China after losing US$11 million in the third quarter.Mega Brands (TSX:MB) announced it will shut down the Woodridge, N.J., plant next month and transfer work to Montreal; consolidate the Woodridge and California-based Board Dudes distribution centres at its operations in Seattle, and reorganize its supplier base in China. The workforce impact was not disclosed. It employed about 3,000 people at the end of 2005. The company, hit by recalls of its Magnetix construction product, said the new moves would produce “material cost savings and manufacturing efficiencies,” and rebuild consumer confidence. The company said its sales drop was primarily due to production delays in Asia that resulted in at least $15 million of orders not shipped, as well as lower shipments of Magnetix products, recalled earlier this year over safety concerns. One child died and four were seriously injured when they swallowed tiny magnets from the Magnetix building sets. The company was forced to recall more than seven million sets.
Who cares if children die when there's money to be made? [ 11 November 2007: Message edited by: a lonely worker ]
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M. Spector
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posted 12 November 2007 04:29 PM
quote: Consumer probeToy maker Irwin Mainway (Dan Aykroyd) would appear on this talk show and hopelessly defend his company's extremely dangerous products such as "Bag O' Glass", "Bag O' Vipers", "Bag O' Sulfuric Acid", "Mr. Skin Grafter", "Pretty Peggy's Ear Piercing Kit", "Doggy Dentist", "Chancellor Tron's Secret Police Confession Kit", "Johnny Switchblade Adventure Punk", and "Chainsaw Teddybear". A sketch frequently aired by SNL on their Halloween retrospective special had Mainway defending Halloween costumes such as a military outfit that included an actual working rifle, an entirely black and non-reflective uniform called "Invisible Pedestrian" (which had a warning on the package that read "NOT FOR BLIND KIDS"), an airtight plastic bag that was to be affixed over the head with a rubber band called "Johnny Space Commander Mask," and an oil-soaked costume called "Johnny Human Torch", which came complete with an oversized lighter. Each sketch would end with the host (Jane Curtin) condemning Mainway's products, while Mainway would make pathetic attempts to show how more commonplace toys/clothing were equally harmful.
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From: One millihelen: The amount of beauty required to launch one ship. | Registered: Feb 2005
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