Dispensary Corner 09 Jun 10
June 9, 2010
A HEALTH scare at fast food
chain McDonald’s has led the
company to recall twelve million
special promotional drinking
glasses which are on sale across
the USA to help market the new
Shrek movie.
The US Consumer Product
Safety Commission has warned
consumers to immediately stop
using the glasses, because the
designs painted on them contain
small amounts of cadmium.
The fast food giant said it was
initiating the recall “out of an
abundance of caution,” with a
spokesman saying the company
believes the glassware is safe for
consumer use.
However there’s a possibility
that small amounts of cadmium
could come to the surface of the
glass, with McDonalds and the
CPSC saying the leaching could
lead to long-term exposure to low
levels of the toxic element.
THE senses of passing motorists
are being aroused in the USA by
a new billboard which promotes a
North Carolina steakhouse.
The advertisement features a
gigantic piece of meat on a fork -
but to extend the experience ti’s
also fitted with a gigantic fan
which blows the aroma of beef,
black pepper and charcoal across
the highway.
“It smells like grilled meat with
a nice pepper rub on it,” said a
spokesman for the company
behind the idea, ScentAir.
A TWO-YEAR-OLD chain-smoker
in Indonesia has managed to cut
back to 15 cigarettes a day, after
undergoing “therapy focused on
playing”.
Toddler Ardi Rizal attracted
worldwide attention (and
condemnation for Indonesian
health regulators) when a video
showing him puffing away
surfaced on YouTube last month.
Child welfare workers have
stepped in, and as well as the
‘play therapy’ they also said: “The
boy likes singing songs so we tell
him that if he continues smoking,
he won’t be able to be a singer
one day, and it works”.
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