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Aqua Dots Still Being Advertised

While the toy "Aqua Dots" was recalled because some of its beads turn into a date-rape drug when swallowed, fliers advertising it still hit the streets in time for the holiday shopping rush. A Toys "R" Us ad distributed in some Sunday newspapers touted the Aqua Dots Super Studio; ditto Target, which hawked the toy on Friday. "These circulars were printed and in distribution before the recall," explains Kathleen Waugh, a spokeswoman for Toys "R" Us. "Absolutely, Aqua Dots are not available or for sale."

At one time anticipated to be one of this holiday's hottest toys, Aqua Dots were yanked form shelves in the U.S. on Nov. 7 after tests showed they are coated with an industrial chemical that metabolizes into gamma hydroxy butyrate after ingestion, and could thus cause breathing problems, unconsciousness, seizures, drowsiness, coma and even death. Waugh says ads for Aqua Dots could continue to show up in newspapers for another week or two.

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