10.05.07

DANGER! Defective Glow-sticks!

Posted in News at 2:56 pm by Valentine

From the Boston.com Business blog:

Dunkin’ Donuts issues glow-stick recall

Dunkin’ Brands Inc. said today it is recalling about 1 million pink-and-orange glow sticks distributed as part of a promotion at its Dunkin’ Donuts coffee-and-baked goods chain.

The Canton-based company said it is voluntarily recalling the glow sticks because they were not labeled properly to warn customers that the cap and lanyard are a choking hazard to children under the age of three when the pieces are dislodged from the glow stick.

Dunkin’ Donuts distributed the glow sticks free with every purchase of a box of 25 or 50 Munchkins donut holes beginning the week of Sept. 24.

The company said it has not received any complaints or reports of injury.

Dunkin’ Brands recommended taking the glow sticks away from children and throwing them away. (AP)

Are they seriously throwing away thousands of perfectly good glow-sticks?  These won’t explode in a shower of mildly noxious chemicals.  They aren’t coated with lead paint.  They won’t give you splinters.  The only danger is that the lanyard doesn’t warn unsuspecting parents of the potential for strangulation.  Those boxes of munchkins they are sold with are more likely to kill somebody than the glow-sticks.

Send them over to my house and I’ll take my chances.  I’ll even eat a munchkin or two if I’m feeling really daring.

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