Paint used for the images on the side of the glass had heavy metals (e.g. cadmium). As the paint flaked it became possible to ingest it. A mom who for some reason had an XRF gun (x-ray fluorescence, allows identifying element makeup of things. Useful for identifying material or ore content) and saw a ton of cadmium then went and reported it
Somewhere I still have the complete set of recalled McDonald’s Shrek cups. I wouldn’t drink out of them but I kept them as knickknacks.
Why were they recalled?
Paint used for the images on the side of the glass had heavy metals (e.g. cadmium). As the paint flaked it became possible to ingest it. A mom who for some reason had an XRF gun (x-ray fluorescence, allows identifying element makeup of things. Useful for identifying material or ore content) and saw a ton of cadmium then went and reported it
They had some poisonous chemicals on the paint.
He made some comments on myspace that got him canceled.