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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.
(Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Thursday August 03 2017, @03:32AM (8 children)
Why not just use water. If a slower action is desired, how about vegetable oil?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Mykl on Thursday August 03 2017, @04:28AM (4 children)
My question as well. Why the hell would anyone use a caustic liquid, even if they thought it would never leak? Surely water and/or vegetable oil would be cheaper?
Or did they finally figure out a way to get rid of all of that irradiated water from Fukushima?
(Score: 2, Insightful) by khallow on Thursday August 03 2017, @04:56AM (3 children)
Maybe it's shitty quality control. For example, maybe the caustic liquid was used to clean the apparatus that handles the fluid and they didn't bother to rinse it out right. Or maybe some janitor has been dumping waste cleaning supplies into this really convenient vat.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 03 2017, @07:23AM (1 child)
tldr; someone seems to be lying about "safe food grade" and wtf are they actually using?
(Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday August 03 2017, @12:42PM
And as I noted, maybe they aren't lying, but they didn't take proper care to keep other things out of their product. Food grade chemicals mixed with the caustic lye used to clean the storage tank is not the same as food grade chemicals.
(Score: 1) by RedIsNotGreen on Friday August 04 2017, @12:58AM
I've seen these cases, and they all had warning labels saying the liquid inside may cause skin irritation, and to dispose of it if it leaks.
They were on display at one of the top office supply stores in the U.S.
Not sure why they were allowed on the market in the first place.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by Fluffeh on Thursday August 03 2017, @05:22AM
It costs a lot of money to dispose of that sort of dangerous shit - why not just turn it into a PRODUCT.
Similar to "It's not a BUG, it's a FEATURE" but you know... more better.
Also, in an unrelated twist of fate, I have these fantastic little night-lights for sale using a super safe glowing metal. It also doubles as a handy heater without needing to use any electricity! Purchases of more than a thousand get bulk rate discounts!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 03 2017, @10:03AM
Made in China, what else do you need to know?
(Score: 2) by sgleysti on Thursday August 03 2017, @05:08PM
I just wanted to know what they used, but unfortunately,
"The recall notice doesn’t mention what chemicals the liquid contains but the issue has been widespread enough to warrant a total recall."