Nintendo pins recalled due to lead content: Pikachu pin among those sold in U.S

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Nintendo pins recalled due to lead content: Pikachu pin among those sold in U.S

Nintendo of America has announced a recall of metal character lapel pins after excess amounts of lead were discovered. The pins were sold and given away as promotional items at Nintendo's two physical retail stores in New York City and Redmond, Wash between April 2004 and Nov. 2007.

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[Misty]

made in China?

 

[Rayne]

Yes. I caught sight of this as a small blurb in Wednesday's paper. The recall was issued because the product contained 'extremely high levels of lead.'

My question is what doesn't contain high levels of lead nowadays? And furthermore, how come only the products du jour become noticed? It's not like manufacturing processes were any better 10 to 20 years ago. I could have a lead infested room right now but it's not like anyone's going to cross check some 10+ year old merchandise made in China..

Lead is only harmful if it enters into the bloodstream.

I don't really see this affecting anyone unless a person decided to swallow said object that contained lead. However, it would already be pretty serious if anyone ended up swallowing a lapel pin which can lead to a fatality, at the least a serious injury, if the sharp end punctured anything on the way down.
Really, I think this lead fiasco is just over hyped bs.


PS I'm alive, that counts for something right?

 

[GrnMarvl14]

I don't really see this affecting anyone unless a person decided to swallow said object that contained lead.

Fact: Children lick things. And suck on things. And use sharp objects to pierce things (so many idiots I've known fit in one of these categories. Though, honestly, I can't say that I didn't fit in the first two). It's like why they stopped selling paint with lead in it. Kids kept eating the paint chips. I...still don't know WHY, but they did.

And furthermore, how come only the products du jour become noticed? It's not like manufacturing processes were any better 10 to 20 years ago.

But now we're both health-conscious (for...good or bad) and paranoid as hell. NOTHING has really changed. But with the internet and television, we can now see it happening in real-time. It's like when newspapers started reporting on the deplorable conditions in factories in the US. There was an immediate outcry, despite it having gone on for over a century.

However, it would already be pretty serious if anyone ended up swallowing a lapel pin which can lead to a fatality, at the least a serious injury, if the sharp end punctured anything on the way down.

Ever accidentally pricked your finger with a pin? Or had someone prick you with one? Wouldn't the lead be able to enter your bloodstream that way?

 

[Turtle Tamer Kammy]

Shit, I OWN that Kirby pin and I sent the Pika one to Matt!

 

[DawnFanBoy]

Omg Should I start throwing away my imported merch? Is there some way to find out, if my stuff has lead?!(Besides Dying)

 

[Rayne]

Alright, maybe I made a bit of rash judgment, but I still think these warnings come on a bit strong.

Honestly I didn't consider pricking, mostly because you don't necessarily get pricked with the parts that have the contaminated paint unless that lead is hidden directly in the pewter, iron, whatever the pin is made of. But I could see the seriousness of that situation.

The reason I'm not entirely fond of these lead announcements fired off rapidly every week is that they increase fear, panic and unbased assumptions about what lead can and can't do but on the upside the announcements do equally increase awareness. I'm glad the report here is not overstating claims and only making a simple recall, but it's one of many that have been issued in the past year.

I feel people do make fair opinions about how the lead contaminations are dealt with, but I only fear that continued press coverage will degrade the properties' origins: China.
I'll just have to keep my faith in humanity alive and that they don't associate the fact that, because these contaminated products are coming out of China that all Chinese products are bad or worse and that people feel that all Chinese people are bad.

 

[Habunake]

I'm glad I didn't get these.

I have a bad habit on chewing on little pins when I'm bored.

 

[GrnMarvl14]

Alright, maybe I made a bit of rash judgment, but I still think these warnings come on a bit strong.

Better safe than sorry, no?

Honestly I didn't consider pricking, mostly because you don't necessarily get pricked with the parts that have the contaminated paint unless that lead is hidden directly in the pewter, iron, whatever the pin is made of. But I could see the seriousness of that situation.

But the lead could get on the pin head. Especially if you have two in your pocket and they're constantly scraping together. I'm not saying it's like walking around with a loaded gun, mind you, I'm just trying to show you their point of view.

The reason I'm not entirely fond of these lead announcements fired off rapidly every week is that they increase fear, panic and unbased assumptions about what lead can and can't do but on the upside the announcements do equally increase awareness. I'm glad the report here is not overstating claims and only making a simple recall, but it's one of many that have been issued in the past year.

It's nothing new. It's just the flavor of the month. Remember when you couldn't turn on a cable news channel without some mention of a child being abducted? Or a food being tainted? Or some new disease threatening to eradicate mankind (where'd my bird flu go? And my SARS?)? Or cranes collapsing (easily the best of the bunch)?

I feel people do make fair opinions about how the lead contaminations are dealt with, but I only fear that continued press coverage will degrade the properties' origins: China.
I'll just have to keep my faith in humanity alive and that they don't associate the fact that, because these contaminated products are coming out of China that all Chinese products are bad or worse and that people feel that all Chinese people are bad.

It's China. They kill their own people because it's Thursday (or Monday...or Tuesday. Not Wednesday, though. No...that's their day off). And blah blah blah human rights violations, denying people basic rights, and so on and so forth. I think a little lead contamination gets the common man interested in what goes on there.

Are the people evil? I doubt it (oh, there are a few. Don't kid yourself otherwise). But is the government fucked up? You betcha. They're like the US in the late 1800s, early 1900s. To...a disturbing degree.