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Re: Weren't we all expecting this??
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:02:19 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Brian Pilati wrote:
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In someways I knew this would happen and I have been expecting this day.
Hopefully, it means the downfall of MegaBloks forever!
LINK
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Thanks for the link--product safety is of great concern to fans of the brand,
especially those of us who have small children!
I think that this part is relevant:
Health Canada, a government department, said that the preliminary results of
tests on a random sample of the blocks last week showed “no quantifiable total
lead content in the plastic.” Mega Brands, which unsuccessfully sought a court
injunction against the nonprofit magazine this week, also vigorously denied that
its products exceeded regulatory lead limits.
If true, then the governmental standards are at fault, rather than Mega Bloks.
Time will tell, of course, but it’s difficult to see how this could spell the
downfall of the company forever, since the product in question represents a
small portion of its business. Further, liability claims re: lead toxicity are
famously difficult to prove in any case.
Not that I advocate any sort of shirking of responsibility, but even in the
worst case, this situation is far from cut-and-dried.
Dave!
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) Maybe neither the governmental standards or Mega Bloks are at fault but rather the "non-profit" magazine which stated that ; "When the results were returned by a lab, which Mr. Clerk said he could not identify because of a confidentiality (...) (17 years ago, 19-Oct-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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