Minuscule
— Wasps clock faces like humans — Face recognition in golden paper wasps may be an adaptation to…
— Entangled diamonds vibrate together — Objects big enough for the eye to see have been placed in a weirdly…
— How animals predict earthquakes — Animals may sense chemical changes in groundwater that occur…
— New Icelandic volcano eruption could have global impact — Hundreds of metres under one of Iceland's largest glaciers there…
More Minuscule…
— Entangled diamonds vibrate together — Objects big enough for the eye to see have been placed in a weirdly…
— How animals predict earthquakes — Animals may sense chemical changes in groundwater that occur…
— New Icelandic volcano eruption could have global impact — Hundreds of metres under one of Iceland's largest glaciers there…
More Minuscule…
RSS feeds, newsletter
Find the topic you want. Science Centric offers several RSS feeds for the News section.Or subscribe for our Newsletter, a free e-mail publication. It is published practically every day.
McDonald's recalls Shrek glasses due to potential cadmium risk
by Stanislav P. Abadjiev | 4 June 2010 16:54 GMT
DON'T MISS —
NASA orbiter provides insights about Mars water and climate — NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is examining several features on Mars that address the role of water at different times…
Orphan stars found in long galaxy tail — Astronomers have found evidence that stars have been forming in a long tail of gas that extends well outside its parent galaxy.…
More recent stories…The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) just announced a recall of 'Shrek Forever After 3D' Collectable Drinking Glasses, manufactured by ARC International and distributed by McDonald's Corporation.
Consumers should stop using the product immediately unless otherwise instructed. The designs on the glasses contain cadmium. Cadmium is a naturally occurring element in soil that is commonly used to enhance pigment in glassware and other consumer goods. Long term exposure to cadmium can cause adverse health effects.
Details are available on CPSC and McDonald's sites.
Leave a comment
The details you provide on this page [e-mail address] will not be used to send unsolicited e-mail, and will not be supplied to a third party! Please note that we can not promise to give everyone a response. Comments are fully moderated. Once approved they will be posted within 24 hours.
Latest on Science Centric's News
InMotion —
— Following the motion of an exoplanet — For the first time, astronomers have been able to directly follow the motion… [10 Jun 18:28]— Streaming sand grains help define essence of a liquid — Water forms droplets because attractive interactions between molecules produce… [24 Jun 17:00]
— Gobi Desert yield new species of nut-cracking dinosaur — Plants or meat: That's about all that fossils ever tell palaeontologists about… [18 Jun 13:46]
— September launch for ESA's water mission — Following confirmation from Eurockot Launch Services that they will launch ESA's… [27 Apr 16:28]
HEADLINES —
— New species of dinosaur from Alberta — 7 May 18:48— New device can extract human DNA very fast — 6 May 18:56
— New species of small theropod discovered in China — 5 May 19:17
— A mid-level solar flare seen by NASA — 4 May 18:26
— A smarter way to make ultraviolet light beams — 2 Dec 10:56
— Lava fingerprinting reveals differences between Hawaii's twin volcanoes — 2 Dec 10:53