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Toxic Candy Alert
If you are on any moms list serve or mailing list, chances are you have probably seen the e-mail alert that made the rounds this week–but it is alarming enough that we thought we’d pass it along for any of you who missed it. We got this from MomsRising.org–I did some initial sleuthing for hoax-iness, and it all checks out as legitimate. Scary Halloween stuff!
We want to give you a heads up about some Halloween candy that could be bad for kids: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers not to consume White Rabbit Creamy Candy or Koala’s March Creme Filled Cookies because they may contain melamine. And, the Canadian government is warning the public not to consume Sherwood Brands Pirate’s Gold Milk Chocolate Coins, which may also have reached the United States.
What’s wrong with these candies? You’ve likely heard about the dangerous chemical, melamine, which was recently found in the Chinese milk supply and sickened thousands of children in China. We’ve now seen reports that melamine tainted milk has been used in some Chinese candy products that have been shipped to the United States.
The good news is that Chinese candy makes up only 0.7 percent of the candy sold in the U.S. and the risk of serious harm from minor exposure to melamine is considered low by the World Health Organization. That said, we wanted to send this out to you because we don’t want our kids eating candy with any toxic ingredients.
Become a member of MomsRising.org and they will keep you informed.
MomsRising has created a page where you can easily share this information with friends, as well as see pictures of the tainted candies, get more information, and download a flier that you can post on your school or other community bulletin boards. See the Tainted Candy Pictures, Get the Flier & Tell Friends.
For more information visit the FDA’s page on melamine.
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add your comment »This was a great warning to get out. Not only did I call everyone I knew without Internet, I emailed the info to everyone else and posted the info in several places. Great looking out for our children!
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good piece; thanks
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I only buy American made candy and well known brands.
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Thanks for the muchly needed info to help protect our little trick or treaters.
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The reason I hadn't signed it because I was not aware of it in time. Sorry.
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I grew up in Chicago.My Trick or Treat days were up around the better neighborhoods. We did watch for Razors in apples and punctures in soft candies. Acid and Heroin were put in and on very few candies. I did run up on some fantastic brownies,I took my friends and went back for seconds,wow man they were great... I digress,over all I think it is pretty safe as long as you know the area.I know most kids go to churches or daycares 1 stop games and boothes with candy, everyone is a winner.(Eaiser on parents too)
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Thanx for the info :))
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Truthfully I'm sorry I even read this thread of comments. I have never found so much adversity over a harmless fun time in my life! I am almost 70 yrs of age and in my teen years we in the boondocks decided to upend the outdoor toilets at the beach houses, until one year the cottage owners decided to move them a wee bit after dark which meant some pretty stinky kids made their way home. I also heard stories from the generations of my parents who put driving buggies up on the barn roof. So dressing up in silly costumes and going round to collect candies is kids stuff! Be thankful you didn't need to go outdoors to the biffy, or have to make a trip to market in the morning! SHEESH just lighten up!!!
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Pedro, btw, your son will later in life be sneaking candy and probably everything else he can get his hands on, to get away from you and your narrowminded ways--that is if you're for real, and not just making fun to get a rise out of we spiritualists or pagans and other non-Catholics.
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pedro must have been hoping to start something!
How else could he be so foolsih as to say what he did!
yes, Halloween means AllHallows Eve, but, there was a holiday on the same day way before there was an AllHallows.There was The Day of the Dead, there was Pomona's holiday, and Samhain.
The "ghosty witchy thing" you're talking baout is derived from many different religions of centuries ago, but is a *kids* fun thing now, don't make it something else, spoilsport.
And I agree--Pagans, wiccans and Catholics are all equal on this site--you're the one making it somethig nasty..
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