Australia is cracking down on importers who insist on importing banned toys from China. One of those toys is the Yo-Yo Water Ball, a known asphyxiation hazard. That particular toy has been banned by Health Canada since October 2003.
Yet you can still buy it from an importer in Montreal.
Sounds like Health Canada has something to check into.
Angry in the Great White North has the details:
Water-ball Yo-Yo
One of the hottest sellers on the market!
This yo-yo is made of a water filled gel ball.Reference ID: 10104
Item Code: YO001
Price: US $8.49 (CA $9.99)
Qty/Pack: 12
Details: Cool item!Cool item? Illegal item! How are these things even getting into the country? Don't we pay people to check for this stuff at the border? Is someone messing with the documentation? Or is this old stock, imported before 2003, still being sold by PartyStarter?
How many have been sold by PartyStarter since 2003, I wonder.
This is not unusual. This kind of stuff occurs all the time within our federal bureaucracy. They, on the most part, do a good job but keeping track of this kind of stuff is next to useless. There are too many cracks for this to fall into. The manufacturer or shipper in China just needs to change the catalogue number.
Darn spam filters... liberalmemberships.com
I'm afraid, Steve, it's called Buyer Beware.
I got a little rubber gadget at a garage sale when my daughter was about four; it looked like a bright-coloured mushroom, but when you pulled the head of the mushroom down, out popped a doll's head and the mushroom became a skirt.
My daughter loved it, but a few hours later she broke out in enormous hives all over her body. It took some elimination on my part to figure out it was this toy and, yup, it was made in China.
I plastic bagged it and stuck it in the basement. Then I wrote a letter to the manufacturer, and guess what? No response.
My daughter's hives disappeared after she stopped playing with the toy. I found it a few years later, still in its plastic bag and just threw it away.
It's a good thing my daughter's only symptoms were hives and that they didn't get worse.
AwCrap, I posted that in the wrong thread... Sorry folks...
O.T. Belinda S has just been named as the other woman in the divorce case of a hockey player. The wife is asking for 15000/month. Was this before or after she dumped Peter.
'been around the block, your mistake was in assuming a country that makes or imports cheap dangerous toys for children would do the right thing, much less put anything in writing.
I'm hoping this happenned before you went around the block.
What you should have done is write to Health Canada. They would have done something.
If you want the company to do the right thing, it helps a whole lot to stick a government bureaucrat up their ass.
http://www.stevejanke.com/archives/197960.php#comments
If you want to stick a government bureaucrat up this company's ass, there's my suggestion for how.
*company, not country, but wow, that's a Freudian slip if there ever was one!
should be no surprises here folks...this country is over run with contraband, bootlegs and pure garbage...i wholesale to the retail industry...between native contraband smokes, and made in asia knock-offs, our governments have no control over most of the products we buy...csa stamp?big deal....they bootleg that as well....most of the dollar store products are fire hazards if they plug into any electrical outlet...ask any fire marshall....yet, no action is taken.....why?
Paris Stronach strikes again.
glad she is a liberano now.
It is not just importers that sell illegal toys. It is individuals in our own neighbourhoods too. I am constantly seeing baby walkers sold at garage sales or even given away for free. They are dangerous. It is illegal to own, sell or buy one. Any walkers in existence should be broken appart and thrown out. But if you point this out to the seller, they will get all indignant because they would rather make the $5.00.
Good point, Da Wife.
Those people, once it is pointed out to them, are similarly bastards and if I had my druthers, would be charged for the knowing sale of this banned item and would receive, at a minimum, a criminal record with suspended sentence with community service.
How can these people believe that child safety law doesn't apply to them and they have the right, with full knowledge, to sell something illegal known to kill and injure children?
These same people would scream if they discovered a product they just bought at WalMart was banned and dangerous.
Well, screw them. (Not WalMart, these cheap shady crooked citizens... WalMart is far more responsible.)
No doubt the water yoyo is dangerous.
But in the scale of things, do you think it is more dangerous, or less dangerous than a bicycle, or a tricycle?
In my view it is less dangerous.
If my assessment of risk is anywhere in the ball park, should not there simply be a disclosure requirement and the question of whether it should be acquired, and in what circumstances it is to be used, be left to parents rather than the state?
Christof: That was way before I'd been around the block; I was about half way.
Let's pray for the gummint to protect us from all danger! Lawsy, lawsy!
Thanks for the tip, SDA. I ripped it out of little Suzi's hands before she killed herself. She cried for a bit but I got her started on a game of lawn darts with her brother so she's happy now.
Exactly, Peter Jay, exactly.
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What is the quid pro quo, Joe?
Vote for Joe for the leadership of the Librano$ Party of Canada?
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Sadly we are too willing to let Big Brother tell us what is good for us and what isn't. Why would anyone assume that a government department can 'protect' us? Look at the spinach E Coli outbreak--when did our 'protectors' ban that from Canada--10 days after the US. Where was Big Brother when we needed protecting?
My point being--these departments of government are just there for show--they have nothing to do with the reality we face every day. Let's use our own minds rather than waiting for BB to tell us what is safe.
Its kind of like those idiots from stupid groups like CODEPINK who are whinning about parents who buy war toys for their kids and like when that liberal moron ROBIN WILLIAMS made that stupid movie TOYS frankly we dont need these idiots telling boys that have to play stupid liberal games like GIVE PEACE A CHANCE
If some of you people would bother to pay attention, you would find (from the web site of the company that sells these things): "Based in Montreal, Global is a leading provider of high-quality, innovative, and creative entertainment services for the private and corporate markets. Please feel free to browse our site. In it you'll find descriptions and pictures of much of what we have to offer, including DJ services, themes & decor, sound, lighting, interactive games, and live party animation."
That's correct, children, they don't sell to children. But hey, if you're against anything that could, in theory, harm a child, why not ban adults? That will guarantee descent into Orwellian animal farms in no time.
Alternatively, if you would like I can order one of those toys for you, and will any luck you'll strangle yourself.
Still, this does go to show how valuable blogs are. Without them, I would still be suffering under the misaprehension that the average person is smart enough, thus allowing me to continue to support the notion that they should all have the right to vote. Fortunately, now I know better.
Caveat emptor secus emptor culpa.
Hey, sounds like something Pammy "Mammy" Lee Anderson might consider as an alternative to silicone implants. Probably less chance of rupture. But then 'Kid' might die of asphyxiation if he gets stuck or something.
They will be aiming at TEDDY BEARS next they will make TED E. RUXPIN a outlaw HIDE LITTLE GUY HIDE
Children need protection from predators, by adults. I'm in favour of that. But do you realize that even a concentions parent, who is comitted to supervising their child, cannot buy an effective chemistry set any more. So who's going to keep your infrastructure running, in a generation or two?
On the one hand, we have to protect the children from risks, while still maximizing the freedom of adults. And on the other hand, we have to let kids make mistakes, otherwise they will never become adults.
The border guards probably ran away because they were in close proximity to such dangerous objects and it was against their union policy and thus the danger gained access to fair Canada!
"One of those toys is the Yo-Yo Water Ball, a known asphyxiation hazard."
Asphyxiation hazard? Ever heard of a skipping rope? Do we need our government to save us from those next?
Here's a thought -- don't give toys to children who are too young to play with them safely. The truth is that if you're such a lousy parent that you need the government to constantly rescue you from 'bad' toys, then it's not such a bad thing if said toy snuffs your offspring and keeps your genes from polluting the rest of the pool.
Morons like Janke are the reason that toilet brushes ship with "do not use for personal hygiene" labels on them now.
Warning: Pregnant women, the elderly, and children should avoid prolonged exposure to Happy Fun Ball. Caution: Happy Fun Ball may suddenly accelerate to dangerous speeds. Happy Fun Ball contains a liquid core, which if exposed due to rupture should not be touched, inhaled, or looked at. Do not use Happy Fun Ball on concrete. Discontinute use of Happy Fun Ball if any of the following occurs: Itching, Vertigo, Dizziness, Tingling in extremities, Loss of balance or coordination, Slurred speech, Temporary blindness, Profuse Sweating, or Heart palpitations. If Happy Fun Ball begins to smoke, get away immediately. Seek shelter and cover head. Happy Fun Ball may stick to certain types of skin. When not in use, Happy Fun Ball should be returned to its special container and kept under refrigeration. Failure to do so relieves the makers of Happy Fun Ball, Wacky Products Incorporated, and its parent company, Global Chemical Unlimited, of any and all liability. Ingredients of Happy Fun Ball include an unknown glowing substance which fell to Earth, presumably from outer space. Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.
"Morons like Janke are the reason that toilet brushes ship with "do not use for personal hygiene" labels on them now."
and why we waste millions on Health Canada.
Lets also ban swimming pools and bicycles. More kids have been killed by swimming pools than by guns.
Sorry Janke... you're barking up the wrong tree on this one...
Toxic toy on hole world. Toys, child clothe.... shit.