Urgent: Toxic toy alert

No, this is not another news item about made in China toys.

An Aus­tralian made toy was banned today after it was found that when ingested, it metab­o­lizes into the ille­gal drug known as GHB.

In Queensland, a two-year old boy was hospitalised after falling unconscious from swallowing some of the beads from the "Bindeez" toy. Apparently, the glue used in the beads is the culprit, and the chemicals in it changes into GHB when ingested.

I haven't seen any information in Singapore yet regarding the toy, but it is still listed on the local Toys R Us as of today (6 Nov). Please pass this information on.

Update: The toy is made in Hong Kong, and apparently, the component in the toy's glue used had been switched from petane diol to butane diol, which metabolizes in the body into GHB.

Update 9th Novem­ber: 6th child in Australia/New Zealand hos­pi­talised. Toys R Us Sin­ga­pore has taken it off their web­site, while there’s still no news on a Sin­ga­pore recall, if any.

Links:
Amazon.com listing
Toys R Us Singapore
Yahoo Answers

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