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    Re: Weren't we all expecting this?? —Dave Schuler
   (...) 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 (...) (17 years ago, 19-Oct-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
   
        Re: Weren't we all expecting this?? —John Neal
     (...) In any event, have you nonetheless preemptively separated your kids from the clones, Dave!? From the road where the rubber meets, JOHN (17 years ago, 19-Oct-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
    
         Re: Weren't we all expecting this?? —Dave Schuler
     (...) As it turns out, we own very few of the maxi-scale Mega Bloks--probably under two dozen of them--and only one or two of those are yellow. My younger doesn't yet care at all for interlocking blocks, and my older is into the mega-scale Mega (...) (17 years ago, 19-Oct-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
   
        Re: Weren't we all expecting this?? —Tommy Armstrong
   (...) 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)
   
        Re: Weren't we all expecting this?? —Dave Schuler
   (...) Excellent points, Tommy! The need for transparency in a situation like this is great, especially when the burden of proof is upon the party making the accusation. In this case, the magazine must support its claim in a verifiable way. Instead, (...) (17 years ago, 19-Oct-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
   
        Re: Weren't we all expecting this?? —Larry Marak
   Keep in mind, what the magazine asserted was that there was lead in the yellow maxi block, not that lead could be passed on to a child swallowing it. Hydrochloric acid (stomache) is not sulfuric acid. The magazine went on to recommend the product as (...) (17 years ago, 19-Oct-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
 

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