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Chinese-Made Sofas Causing 'Painful' Eczema Outbreaks |
2008-09-17 |
Kilo Bravo and I purchased a pet bed for our cat. After she used it for a couple of weeks her fur was falling out in chuncks. We shitcanned the bed and now she is fine. Like everything else the bed was made in China. A French retailer has withdrawn from sale Chinese-made sofas and armchairs after hundreds of buyers said they developed a painful rash from them, Agence France-Presse reported. Isabelle Hoppenot, spokeswoman for the French retailer Conforama, said the company removed the items in July after a doctor warned they could be linked to an eczema outbreak in one of his patients. The retailer has sold the sofas and chairs since 2005. Hoppenot said some of the furniture, made by Chinese company Link Wise, contained too much of an anti-mold substance that may cause an allergic reaction in some people. French newspaper Le Parisien said a dozen people had been hospitalized in serious condition after buying the chairs, AFP reported. Conforama has received complaints from 400 customers seeking damages. Eight hundred buyers have been given a refund or an exchange, Hoppenot said. |
Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC |
#7 Okay, I'll bite - SOFAS??? Odd, I always imagined you as a pillow biter. |
Posted by: Dopey Throrong3338 2008-09-17 21:55 |
#6 Okay, I'll bite - SOFAS??? "Too much of an anti-Mold substance", as oppos to TOO LITTLE??? |
Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-09-17 20:50 |
#5 stable exterior skin and hair is sooooo overrated /Hu Jintao |
Posted by: Frank G 2008-09-17 19:23 |
#4 contained too much of an anti-mold substance We don't know what substance was prescribed to be anti-mold... and we don't know what was actually applied to the fabric. |
Posted by: trailing wife 2008-09-17 19:08 |
#3 Part of the one child policy. |
Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-09-17 17:53 |
#2 contained too much of an anti-mold substance It is a nice change to read about a Chinese product that does not contain lead or melamine. |
Posted by: SteveS 2008-09-17 17:52 |
#1 So if various Frenchpeople got frisky on the couch then...uh...ow. |
Posted by: Jonathan 2008-09-17 16:42 |