# Another recall of toys made in China - contains date rape drug

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**Created:** [November 8, 2007, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-recall-of-toys-made-in-china-contains-date-rape-drug/425679 "2007-11-08T18:16:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Waenara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@Waenara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waenara)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-recall-of-toys-made-in-china-contains-date-rape-drug/425679/1 "2007-11-08T18:16:25Z")

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When I looked at the news this morning, I wasn’t particularly surprised to see that there’s been yet another recall of toys made in China. But this time the reason for the recall seemed a little more eyebrow-raising than merely lead content or posing a fire hazard.

Apparently [Aquadots contain the “date-rape” drug GHB](http://news.google.com/?ncl=1123328570&hl=en&topic=b).

I wonder what Chinese manufacturers can do next to top this one? DDT soaked teddy bears?

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> Scientists have found the highly popular holiday toy contains a chemical that, once metabolized, converts into the toxic “date rape” drug GHB (gamma-hydroxy butyrate), U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) spokesman Scott Wolfson told CNN.
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> Children who swallow Aqua Dots “become comatose, develop respiratory depression, or have seizures,” the CPSC warns in a statement issued Wednesday.

]([News - CNET](http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9813475-7.html))  
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> The popular Aqua Dots sets consist of hundreds of small coloured beads that can be formed into various shapes and designs that stay in place with a spray of water.
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> The beads contained a chemical that turns into gamma-hydroxy butyrate - commonly known as the date rape drug GHB - when swallowed. The drug can cause increased euphoria and energy, but is also commonly linked to bad reactions or overdoses, including nausea, seizures, vomiting, loss of consciousness and even death.

]([http://www.canada.com/globaltv/national/story.html?id=8a7b32e4-6435-437b-b6e9-54169838e542&k=50913](http://www.canada.com/globaltv/national/story.html?id=8a7b32e4-6435-437b-b6e9-54169838e542&k=50913))

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-recall-of-toys-made-in-china-contains-date-rape-drug/425679/2 "2007-11-08T18:18:35Z")

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[Sorry, friend.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=443311)