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but really wouldn't you have to be like licking the paint to even pick up any of the lead. or really more like scraping the paint off with your teeth and then swallowing it?
I remeber the day in 1977 when I found my WHOLE MCDONALAND glass collection GONE!
Me: Mom! Where are my glasses!
Mom: I heard they are poisonous. I threw them out.
Me: ....
That blew me away. Seriously. Can't believe I still remember it so vividly (and painfully)!
"No. No no no no no no. You done got me talkin' politics. I didn't wanna'. Like I said y'all, I'm just happy to be alive. I think I'll scoot over here right by this winda', let this beautiful carriage rock me to sleep, and dream about how lucky I am." - Chris Mannix
I remeber the day in 1977 when I found my WHOLE MCDONALAND glass collection GONE!
Me: Mom! Where are my glasses!
Mom: I heard they are poisonous. I threw them out.
Me: ....
That blew me away. Seriously. Can't believe I still remember it so vividly (and painfully)!
I remember this recall. Sad day. We tossed them all out. Even my friend tossed all this away except for the Empire set. Now he just has those on the shelves.
I remember this recall. Sad day. We tossed them all out. Even my friend tossed all this away except for the Empire set. Now he just has those on the shelves.
On the bright side, we still have our McDonaldLand dolls and SW action figs!
Even after this whole bulletin I still can't accept they are so poisonous...
I mean...how bad can it be?
...it's such a shame... such cool glasses to drink from.
"No. No no no no no no. You done got me talkin' politics. I didn't wanna'. Like I said y'all, I'm just happy to be alive. I think I'll scoot over here right by this winda', let this beautiful carriage rock me to sleep, and dream about how lucky I am." - Chris Mannix
So like Russ asked, is the issue the paint, or the glass itself? Is just touching the paint with your hands harmful, or do you have to have the paint near your mouth?
Either way the glasses are gone, I just want to know what I've exposed my son to!!!
I just tossed them all. why take the chance. I mean they were free to begin with (sort of anyway) my little one was not too happy I thew out her Buzz Lightyear glass.
So like Russ asked, is the issue the paint, or the glass itself? Is just touching the paint with your hands harmful, or do you have to have the paint near your mouth?
Either way the glasses are gone, I just want to know what I've exposed my son to!!!
Chris
I've learned a bit about the lead issue due to my stained glass class ... since lead is use to hold the glass together ... the stuff is 60% tin and 40% lead that is used.
no issue comes from touching lead, it's if you eat it mostly, or if you touch it and then put your fingers in your mouth without watchin ... but the amount that comes off the paint isn't as high since other things keep the lead stuck in it onto the side of the glass ... I would only worry if the paint was flaking off. or if my kid liked to lick the paint on the side of the glass.
if it was such an issue the lead in the old glasses we all grew up with would have effected us and others in some way.
I know it's better to be safe than sorry, but this is just another issue that they streach to the point of just to have something to ban. Like they couldn't find enough bug parts in the candy bars so lets go after paint on glasses.
those shrek glasses had a lot of paint on them ... and I noticed the one I have in my collection likes to flake .... so I'm thinking that's where that issue started then just went overboard ... I trust my old pepsi glasses and fast food glasses.
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