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theodp writes: "Questioned about concerns over China-made toys, Toys 'R' Us CEO Jerry Storch predicted 'this will be the safest holiday season ever.' Oops. On the same day Fortune ran Storch's interview, Toys 'R' Us joined other North American and Australian retailers to pull millions of Chinese-made toy bead sets from shelves after scientists found they contain a chemical that metabolizes into the date-rape drug gamma hydroxy butyrate (GHB) when ingested. Two children in the U.S. and three in Australia were hospitalized after swallowing the beads."
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  • They apparently accidentally used 1,4-butanediol [wikipedia.org] insead of 1,5-pentanediol (which is used as a solvent in ink-jet cartridges) in the bead manufacturing process. 1,4-butanediol is a prodrug of GHB (ie: the body metabolizes it into GHB). Also, GHB is not just a "date rape drug". It's found naturally in the body, as well as in meat and wine. Please see the wikipedia entry on GHB [wikipedia.org] for more information.

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