AquaDots recall in Canada, Blindeez recall in Australia...

[Magpie]

This was in my newspaper today...

Retail giant Toys "R" Us Canada ordered an immediate stop to sales of a popular children's toy yesterday and pulled remaining stock off shelves after it was discovered that a similar product in Australia releases a hallucinogenic drug when swallowed and has landed two children in hospital.

AquaDots, a popular toy distributed in North America by Spin Master Ltd., was pulled after it was discovered the Australian version of the toy is coated with a chemical that releases the drug gamma-hydroxy butyrate also known as GHB or Fantasy, when swallowed.

The toy, called Bindeez and sold by Moose Enterprise in Australia, was the subject of a major recall in that country yesterday after at least two children suffered seizures and were hospitalized when they swallowed toy beads that come with the product. Both have since recovered.

There was more, but that pretty much covers it - they don't know if it's a side effect of the manufacturing process, or if someone tampered with the Australian toys intentionally.

ETA: Both AquaDots and Bindeez are made by the same manufacturer - Moose Enterprise.