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Toy Beads Sicken Seven More Children
Popular toy beads that have a coating that converts into a so-called date-rape compound when ingested have sickened seven more children in the U.S.
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(November 9, 2007)--Seven more children have been sickened after ingesting Chinese-made toy beads.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission says six of the children had to be hospitalized.
More than four million Aqua Dots toys were recalled earlier this week because of a toxic chemical coating.
The agency ordered the recall after two children were knocked unconscious by eating beads.
When eaten, the coating metabolizes into a toxic compound, gamma hydroxy butyrate, or GHB, the so-called date-rape drug.
The compound can induce unconsciousness, seizures, drowsiness, coma and death.
The CPSC says it has received reports of nine children in all sickened by the product in the U.S.
The toys are manufactured in China for Australia-based Moose Enterprises, which sells them in 40 countries.
Australian officials have also pulled the toy off the shelves after several children there were hospitalized.
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The beads were sold in general merchandise stores and over the Internet for use in arts and crafts projects from April through November for $17 to $30.
Consumers who purchased them should take them away from children immediately and contact the distributor for free replacement beads or toys of equal value.
For information contact Spin Master at (800) 622-8339 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. CST Monday-Friday.
