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Daily Mail: Imported Loom Bands Could Cause Cancer

posted by janrinok on Thursday August 14 2014, @08:48PM   Printer-friendly
from the cheap-but-not-so-cheerful dept.

cafebabe writes:

In a somewhat predictable move, one week after saying that loom bands are wholesome, the Daily Mail now says that loom bands cause cancer. Specifically:-

Parents are being warned of a cancer-scare involving fake accessories for loom bands after tests revealed some imported batches were laced with deadly levels of chemicals.

Safety officials have issued the stark message after intercepting rogue consignments of the bands and plastic trinkets sold with them which were headed for British shelves from the Far East.

Scientists carried out rigorous tests on several loom band 'charms', accessories attached to necklaces and bracelets made from the colourful elastic bands, and each one was found to have dangerous levels of phthalates in them.

In two cases, loom band charms were found to be more than 50% phthalates when the European limit is 0.1%.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by cafebabe on Saturday August 16 2014, @12:20AM

    by cafebabe (894) on Saturday August 16 2014, @12:20AM (#81934) Journal

    The Daily Mail may be xenophobic, homophobic, transphobic, misogynist, misandrist, pro-fascist and a source of stress induced cancer. However:-

    1. They pay their contributors quite generously. In some cases, regular contributors have been paid twice the market rate whether articles were published or not.
    2. They take the best pictures from the newswires. (This might be due to economies of scale.)
    3. Science and technology reporting by all mainstream media is questionable.
    4. This was a particularly transparent example of British media building some up on Wed 6 Aug 2014 and then knocking it down on Wed 13 Aug 2014. Saying it caused cancer was already beyond cliché.
    5. I hoped this would start a serious discussion about phthalates, xenoestrogens and/or science reporting.
    6. I enjoy trashy films, trashy magazines and trashy websites. If your asthetic is more highbrow then please share it with us.
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  • (Score: 2) by umafuckitt on Sunday August 17 2014, @08:03AM

    by umafuckitt (20) on Sunday August 17 2014, @08:03AM (#82236)

    Number 3 is debatable. None of the rest are reasons for posting articles from this ridiculous newspaper. We're not going to be motivated to seriously discuss an article from a source that is known to cry wolf.