Wal-Mart Selling Lead Paint…To Put On Your Kid’s Face! [Wal-Mart Watch]
]]>Maybe this is what got the Franklin Expedition...
]]>I am by no means forgiving it's use, but my parents, one of whom is nearing 80, used all sorts of face salves (Rolly's Ointment), face paints, and art supplies with mercury, lead, and who know what else. A single night is not likely going to do much damage.
On the more realistic side, kids wearing face masks are at a higher rate of getting into accidents on Halloween night, and I bet drunk drivers pose a worse threat to individuals that night- yet we don't ban masks or alcohol on All Hollows Eve.
]]>quick google search of "why is marijuana illegal?" which i looked up after watching 'superhigh me'. they mention some of this in that film. check it!
]]>Reference please, or I call shenanigans!
]]>@VigilanteKitteh: We celebrated by buying chocolate "for the trick or treaters" even though we never, EVER, get kids where we live. Then we act all dissappointed that nobody comes to our house and eat all of the chocolate.
Just thinking about it warms my heart.
]]>@mythago: No offense, but in california we kind of assume that much of the southeast had lead smeared on their faces as children.
It explains a lot :)
]]>Most electric devices contain lead solder.
Most small appliances and extension cords etc have an additional lead source: flexible insulation on electrical cords often contains a significant amount of lead.
]]>@mythago: if it's not harmless trace amounts then it wouldn't be sold...soooo.
]]>If you're inhaling something that is thicker than molasses, you have other life-threatening issues...
]]>@SatyaDenby: You could have celebrated by making your own costumes...That's the way we've always done it!
]]>@MrGutts: Rule #1 of the Internet - before criticizing someone else's intelligence, learn how to spell "you're" correctly.
]]>@SatyaDenby: Halloween has ALWAYS been about corporate greed. It has nothing to do with the materials used to make costumes. They haven't changed too much, they are just required to report more information about them. Do you think the makeup and costumes from the 70s, 80s, and 90s were any better for you? We live in a world dominated by paranoia, not greed.
]]>I bought this at my Walmart in West Lafayette, Indiana, and didn't even read the package...I was in a hurry. Fortunately, I was also in a hurry when getting costumed up, so I didn't bother to paint my face. I still have the lead facepaint in a ziplock bag at home...will toss upon getting home from work today. Thanks, Consumerist, for the heads up! I already threw away the package.
]]>I simply answered that as a matter of principle (several in fact), I simply refuse to shop there.
Spend a little bit more somewhere else and have at least some sense that the store isn't exploiting its' workers, undercutting local businesses and isn't importing the latest consumer health and safety hazard from China.
]]>@xaqdesign: I bought it and used it, I'm not dying or a mutant
]]>@ionerox: Lead particles are pretty easy to inhale though.
]]>Christ, people, overreactions much? California puts warnings on EVERYTHING about EVERYTHING.
]]>@OletheaEurystheus: Seriously now, you could say "many of the products we consume may have trace amounts of lead through atmospheric exposure or transfer" but you can't say "Everything has lead in it" that's hyperbole.
]]>Actually I bought this package in MO for Halloween. I used it and so did my children, the package that we bought did not have a lead warning on it. Had my package had a lead warning on it I wouldn't have used it. I believe others have said this one was bought in California and they have better laws for things like this.
So if it didn't tell me it had lead I guess I'm still a bad parent right?
]]>Yes, Prop 65 pretty much means everything has warning labels on it if there is even a chance that it could be sold in California. Especially since private citizens are allowed to turn in companies that don't put the warning labels on their products and get a percentage of the fine as a reward.
If this facepaint had an illegal level of lead in it, Wal-mart wouldn't even be allowed to sell it, warning label or not. People thinking this warning label means the lead level is high need to review Prop 65 and the state of lawsuit happy USA.
]]>Thank God! Finally!
]]>We have laws against Marijuana, yet those laws where made for racist reasons, and had nothing to do with public safety. And as pointed out this was from California which as a state has a insane amount of stupid laws that have no scientific basis. Everything has lead in it, even if lead is not being used to alter the actual product (like lead in house paint did) its VERY possible that compounds your using just to create the colors might have trace amount of lead in it. In any other place those trace amounts might be so low to not even be mentionable and far below dangerous limits, but in California things are different.
Just remember, in California water is considered a cancerous substance.
]]>@roguemarvel: Roguemarvel is right. When I lived in California, I noticed those signs in many places I'd never seen them before.
]]>I sense greater consumer protection regulations starting on January 21, 2009 ......
hint, hint, it don't matter who gets elected. Henry Waxman (D)California, Chairman of House Oversight and Government Reform Committee already has his proposed laws written and is just waiting for a majority in Congress and a President (either candidate) that will sign off on the laws.
]]>@NilzXX: I cannot imagine any sort of negative result to that whatsoever. Besides cancer. But maybe there would be a fun acid trip! Wait, I'd probably see clowns. eye h8 clownz
]]>I say this as an East Bay resident.
]]>It's different if a product contains a crazy-illegal amount of lead without bothering to mention it, but this is pretty clear.
]]>Ever used red lipstick? If you have you already are.
]]>You can't go into a building with out seeing a warning sign saying the building may have materials in it that can cause birth defects.
]]>Our package is exactly the same but does not have the Lead warning at all.
Interesting...I think. I'm glad we didn't use it.
]]>Bummer about the lead paint. While you are here, can I interest you in the latest AC/DC album?
]]>Please note the warning mentions California. It's my understanding that Calif. has a much stricter lead composition law and requires this warning on products with any lead in them at all.
Someone please correct me if that's wrong.
]]>At least their faces will be protected in the case of a nuclear blast.
]]>Oh yes, no one else considers it dangerous which is why we still have lead based paints filling up our shelves. Though I'm betting you meant not in quantities found in that face paint.
]]>I wouldn't put it on a kid's face though.
]]>Its Walmart ...
and why is anyone surprised?
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