Shocker: “Toxic Waste” Candy Recalled
Going green, Green kids — By Stephanie on January 30, 2011 at 7:07 am
Toxic Waste Nuclear Sludge contains potentially toxic lead
C’mon kids – want some Toxic Waste candy? Yes, its true. You can literally buy your children a “treat” called Toxic Waste Nuclear Sludge, packaged in bright yellow warning tape, with a picture of a cartoon mushroom cloud hanging over the box. Or at least you used to be able to ingest the so-called Nuclear Sludge candy, imported from Pakistan, until the United States Food and Drug Administration announced a recall of the product.
Its not just the name of the candy that is sinister, but it turns out that that Toxic Waste literally contains toxic ingredients. The U.S. distributor of Nuclear Sludge chew bars, Candy Dynamics, decided to recall the candy due to lead contamination. The unacceptable levels of lead in the candy could harm children and pregnant women when eaten (which begs the question – what expecting mother would want to ingest “Toxic Waste Nuclear Sludge?”)
The California Department of Public Health originally detected the lead contamination in the candy, with a content of 0.31 parts per million. Per FDA regulations, any trace amounts of lead in food must be below 0.1 parts per million. Although no one was reportedly sickened by eating the Nuclear Waste Toxic Sludge candy, the number of videos on YouTube that feature children, babies and elderly people “enjoying” the candy leaves me wondering when the first lawsuits will be filed…
Even though Toxic Waste Nuclear Sludge has been recalled, you can still buy “Toxic Waste” sour candies – conveniently packaged in a hazardous waste drum, and “Toxic” chewing gum. No lead contamination has been reported in these babies!
But just maybe we want to think twice before purchasing treats for our kids that are packaged as nuclear waste?
What do you think?
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11 Comments
Oh yeah, bring in the bottom feeding, blood sucking attorneys! there is a gravy train to board lol
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In the words of a famous drill sergeant: “Lighten up Francis!”
Kids have been ingesting candy made to look like all sorts of disgusting and vile things. “booger” and “dirt” jellybeans come to mind. Remember the Toxic Avenger? I remember candy that accompanied that fad.
While lead is decidedly not cool, the concept of “gross candy” has been appealing to kids since I can remember. (Anybody remember those Cinnamon Nuclear Fireballs?)
I am very interested to see this article, but the focus is way off base. Y’all need to find a REAL life!
Why the big ZOMGWTF over it being called “Toxic Waste”? Are we really that ultra-PC?
There have been worse names for foods, and seeing as how they were trying to market it as extremely sour, I thought it was a pretty fitting name..
You guys should email them suggesting to them to change their name to super-happy-fun-candy.
I properly WTF’d all over this article..
Yeah, I like it! Super Happy Fun Lead-Based Candy! Don’t eat paint chips, try our candy instead. (It does have a nice ring to it).
GROW UP, stop harping on the name and instilling fear in gullible parents, its a catchy name and isn’t sinister in anyway, the hard candies are actually pretty good and don’t even try to pretend they purposefully put lead in it, how many other products have been recalled for the same issues? Alot.
Lead is lead is lead. We don’t want it in our products, much less our “candy.” The name is unfortunate. The inclusion of toxic materials (whether “purposeful” or not) is alarming to most people, especially considering the fact that young people with small, developing organs are ingesting it.
What’s the big deal..All candy is toxic sludge..!
….and now muslims are after our children..!
Wow. What a chump. “WAAAHT!? *TOXIC WASTE*! HOW SHOCKING! HOW SUBVERSIVE! THIS IS TURIBLE!”
Are all *green* people this much of a mewling, sniveling, over-sensitive eunuch? Grow a pair, Captain Planet.
Roflz that kid iz gonna die. Ps… U guys r really ritarded. And i’ m an attorney.
It’s just a name for Pete’s sake, the contents of the candy is not any different than goodole Popeye cigarettes (remember that classic). What sort of idiot would conclude that a product named “Toxic Waste blah blah” would actually contain toxic waste; ever hear of marketing ploys?