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88,000 Glasses With Toxic Metals Recalled By Coca-Cola
by Joseph Ernest November 22, 2010
Newscast Media -- After tests showed some of the decoration on Coca-Cola glasses contained the toxic metal cadmium and high levels of lead, Coca-Cola has recalled 88,000 drinking glasses in the United States. The glasses which were designed to look like an all-red can of the soft drink "did not meet our quality expectations," the company said.
Many of the poisonous drinking glasses depict comic book and film characters such as Superman, Wonder Woman and the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz. Decorative enamel on some glasses featuring movie characters, which were on sale at a Warner Brothers Studios store in Los Angeles, exceeded safety limits for lead in children's products by up to 1,000 times.
The enamel included up to 30.2 per cent lead when the limit for children's products is 0.03 per cent.
Warner Brothers said the glasses were not marketed at children. The company said: "It is generally understood that the primary consumer for these products is an adult, usually a collector."
The potential danger from such toxic glasses is that the cadmium could leach from the paint on to a child's hand, and the child could then lick their unwashed hand.
Cadmium is a carcinogen that can harm kidneys and bones. It is used to create a particular shade of red in paint. Add Comments>>
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