Coating on toy beads from China could be life-threatening
the boy had eaten Bindeez toy beads coated with a glue compound that the boy's digestive system had converted into GHB. At least four other children have been temporarily hospitalized in Australia and New Zealand in the past three weeks after eating the beads.
Moose said that it had reviewed the ingredients of the beads and found that some batches did not match the list of ingredients promised by the supplier. "The substitution was not at any time approved by Moose, nor was Moose made aware of any substitution by the supplier,"
In Russian renaissance, safety takes backseat
Respect for law, safety and public health, and the Russian government's ability to govern, still lag far behind the Kremlin's restored sense of self, as evidenced by the scale at which Russia's population suffers from fires.
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