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Over 263,000 Glitter-Filled iPhone Cases Recalled Over Skin Irritation Risk

posted by FatPhil on Thursday August 03 2017, @01:39AM   Printer-friendly
from the owwwww-shiny dept.

takyon writes:

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a recall of glitter and liquid-filled iPhone cases made by MixBin Electronics. The "safe food grade snow globe liquid" inside can leak out when the case is damaged, and led to 24 reports of skin irritation or chemical burns, 19 of which were in the U.S.:

You may want to pay attention if you recently purchased a glitter-filled iPhone case. MixBin Electronics, a third-party accessories manufacturer, has issued a recall for iPhone cases that it produced for several top brands, including Victoria's Secret. The recall has been issued after reports of the glitter and liquid-filled cases causing chemical burns and skin irritation.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has posted a notice confirming the recall which covers iPhone 6, iPhone 6s, and iPhone 7 cases produced by MixBin.

Over 260,000 cases produced by MixBin have now been recalled. They were made for brands like Victoria's Secret, Nordstrom Rack, and Amazon.

Also at The Sacremento Bee and CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission):

One consumer reported permanent scarring from a chemical burn and another consumer reported chemical burns and swelling to her leg, face, neck, chest, upper body and hands.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by hemocyanin on Thursday August 03 2017, @03:30AM (3 children)

    by hemocyanin (186) on Thursday August 03 2017, @03:30AM (#548216) Journal

    Sounds like she was holding it against her ear in a sitting position, and it burst and leaked with liquid contacting her face, neck, chest, upper body, hands. Then feeling the phone ooze like that, she pulled it away from ear to look at it while holding it in front of her face so she could see it better, and it leaked on her legs. It doesn't take much imagination to see how this would be possible.

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday August 03 2017, @04:45AM (2 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday August 03 2017, @04:45AM (#548228) Journal
    Then she washed it off with concentrated nitric acid.

    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday August 03 2017, @05:20AM

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday August 03 2017, @05:20AM (#548236) Journal

      Then she washed it off with concentrated nitric acid.

      Chances are she use a concentrated caustic soda solution.
      Nitric acid is far too close to explosives to be readily and cheaply available.

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    • (Score: 2) by Geezer on Thursday August 03 2017, @12:24PM

      by Geezer (511) on Thursday August 03 2017, @12:24PM (#548312)

      Nitric acid and propylene glycol would be better. Lots more fun.