The Consumerist – A Wal-Mart in Southern California is selling $1.00 face paint – “No Smear Makeup Crayons” – for kids’ Halloween costumes. And they’re not even trying to hide it – the front of the package states that the product that is a “choking hazard”, and CONTAINS LEAD! which is “known to the state of California to cause birth defects.”
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I loved Bag-O-Glass as a youngster. Hours of fun.
“Wal Mart selling lead based Halloween face paint and it doesnt appear to be Made in China!”
Umm, show the whole package front and back. It doesn’t appear to be made in any country when you omit the data…
[Follow the link, the picture was too large for this format – ed.]
My favorite was Johnny Flame On (bag of oily rags, and a zippo lighter).
I was hired as a face painter at a street fair once. I was fired after a few hours, all I had was a can of brown spray paint.
Well, it appears to be made specifically for the CA market.
warning on the label. i don’t see a problem with this.
#6 Correct. The data is being supplied to the potential buyer. So, no harm.
Do not taunt No Smear Makeup Crayons.
#8 m – I love “Super Fun Ball”!
I held one of those in my hands this morning. I work at a Wal-Mart in Ohio.
It only has 100 times the allowed amount of lead. Now if it had 10,000 times the amount allowed, the EPA might pull it off the shelves, as long as China doesn’t get offended.
100 time? I doubt it. It probably contains a negligible amount of lead but Calif laws require that kind of warning on just about anything with even the slightest quantity of what they think is an offending element. They have those same kind of warnings posted in bars here but nobody’s leaving because of them. Hell most any retail store has that kind of warning posted at the door. Nanny state!
#13 Yes, prop 65 is the offending piece of legislation I think. And yes, the signs are pretty much everywhere.
It’s about time to toughen up America’s youth.
You know, for the coming draft and all…
#15 James – There are soldiers dying right this minute from lead poisoning thanks to your man “the decider”. Maybe you think that’s funny too.
oh yeah, Invisible Pedestrian!
They only wear the paint for one night, right? Or at least the non-Darwin Award contestants.
#15 – James “Chickenhawk” Hill
Why aren’t you in Iraq?
#16 – I think it’s funny you consider me to be a supporter of the current administration simply because I destroy liberals. That’s one of the reasons it is so easy to own you guys.
#18 – Because the upper 10% don’t fight the wars, we manipulate those that do. Just because the caste system sucks is no reason to get pissy.
#19 – James “Chickenhawk” Hill
Your friends…
Chickenhawk down
Tons of money to be made in permitting and disposal of hazardous waste. Or maybe California rats aren’t as hardy as others in animal testing.
Of course this is nothing compared to the fees involved in permitting and offset of carbon footprints and credits.
I’ve seen the same warning on computer wiring. I wouldn’t eat it but I suspect that California has a very low tolerance. Most likely much lower than the Feds allow.
You couldn’t sell my lawn mower there either.
As I understand it, the State of California requires a bag of sand to be labeled as a potential carcinogen, because silica dust might cause cancer in miners. Not that I’ve seen a bag of sand labeled thus.
it is for kids! kids do not give birth yet ! it will eventually evaporate from their body or they get resistant to it…
I stuck them in my mouth to get them wet assuming they were safe since they were sold at Walmart.
#20, #21 – You failed in this thread too. Another win for your master, James Hill.