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There was a recent study that also had crossed a threshold of anecdotes [1]: "The Attorney General’s Office, in partnership with the Washington State Department
by dchichkov 7y ago
There was a recent study that also had crossed a threshold of anecdotes [1]: "The Attorney General’s Office, in partnership with the Washington State Department of Ecology, tested children’s school supplies for harmful levels of lead and cadmium in 2017 and 2018. The tests targeted products the two agencies suspected might contain toxic metals. In total, two rounds of tests identified 51 products sold on Amazon.com that tested positive for illegal levels of lead and cadmium. In the first round of testing, 16 of the 43 products from Amazon tested positive for illegal levels of toxic metals. In the second round of tests, the two agencies found that 35 of 41 products examined exceed the legal limits. The Department of Ecology paid for the first round of testing and the Attorney General’s Office funded the second round. "
[1] https://www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/ag-ferguson-amazon.. https://www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/ag-ferguson-amazon....
- cardiffspaceman 7y agoThere's a stack of transforms here: All amazon stuff -> Things that a protective agency through highly-developed intuition suspects will be dangerous -> things actually found to be dangerous. So it's bad news that they found dangerous things amongst a category of things that we don't want to be at all dangerous (children's school supplies). It's not surprising news that these agencies are pretty good at knowing in advance which children's school supplies are likely to be dangerous. BTW the link doesn't bring up a specific article. It brings up a list of articles. One wonders why the press release didn't say, Wash AG indicts school supply suppliers after joint AG-DoEcology investigation?
- dchichkov 7y agoI agree. But it seems that they just did a reasonable thing - a quick search - bought products - tested - found 25-75% contaminated. While it should be zero. Yes, they did a reasonable search. But it is not like Amazon can't replicate that search. The right thing to do here is to add automatic random sampling and control for lead/cadmium in the distribution facilities. And fix at least this bug, for real. Link: https://www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/ag-ferguson-amazon-must-remove-toxic-school-supplies-kid-s-jewelry-marketplace https://www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/ag-ferguson-amazon...
- tolstoshev 7y agoAnd here we are laughing at the fall of the Roman empire because of lead poisoning.