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Recalled Date Rape Drug-Filled Toy Looks Pretty Cool

This is but one of millions of magical scenes you can create with Bindeez, a popular Australian toy whose beads were found to be metabolizable into rave party drug GHB. Low doses of GHB are said to induce, "euphoria, increased enjoyment of...


Aquadots, The Infamous "GHB-Laced Toys," Are Back With A New Name, "Pixos"!

Reader Maya noticed that those GHB-laced toys (distributed in North America by Spin Master) that were recalled last year are back, and they've got a brand new name. Pixos!


9 Children Hospitalized After Eating GHB-Filled Aqua Dots

The CPSC says 9 children have been hospitalized after eating Aqua Dots beads. The craft toy contains a glue that breaks down in party drug GHB when ingested. The toy was made by a Chinese factory, whose license was suspended following the recall....


Popular Australian Toy Filled With GHB

A toy that won the Australian Toy of the Year award this year has been recalled because it contains small beads that are filled a glue the body metabolizes into GHB. As in gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid, a party drug popular among ravers.


How The "Date Rape Drug" Was Found Inside A Children's Toy

The New York Times has a great article about the doctor who figured out that the "Aqua Dots" or "Bindeez" beads were full of GHB. It reads like a summary of an episode of House, M.D.:Doctors at the Children's Hospital at Westmead, outside Sydney,...


Toys R Us Advertising Date Rape Drug Laced Aquadots As A "Door Buster"

We've been getting several complaints today about Toys R Us' "Door Buster" newspaper ad. They're still advertising the GHB-laced Aquadots, despite the recall. (Right next to some ominous-looking Thomas & Friends toys, we might add.)


AquaDots (contain chemical that turns into date rape drug GHB after you eat it), Packaged Terminal Air Conditioners (PTAC) and Heat Pumps (PTHP) (fire), "Robot 2000" collectible tin robot (lead), Dizzy Ducks Music Box (lead), Winnie-the-Pooh...


No Refunds For Poisonous Aqua Dots

The distributor of children's toy Aqua Dots, which contained beads that turned into a date rape drug if ingested, is refusing to give refunds to parents. Instead, they want to offer a replacement toy. Some parents are mad as they don't understand...


Most Popular Toys Of 2007

Are you buying gifts for kids this year? Let us save you the trouble of asking them what they want: for the 5th year in a row, Barbie has emerged at the top of the list of toys most desired by little girls. For boys, the top item was...


The Year's Top Business Screw-Ups

Fortune recently published a list of 2007's 101 Dumbest Moments in Business, and then the Seattle Post-Intelligencer cooked that down to just 9 really good ones. Now we're summarizing the Seattle PI article. (If you'd like to play along, pick...