The McDonald's Glass Scandal

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There was a time when McDonald’s sold millions of toxic glasses to its customers. This is the insane story.
Thanks to Tamara Rubin and Andrew Turner for their valuable insights.
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  • @fern-tv
    @fern-tv8 ай бұрын

    This comment section is officially open for Shrek memes.

  • @ed8586

    @ed8586

    8 ай бұрын

    Get outta my comment section!

  • @realDave1337

    @realDave1337

    8 ай бұрын

    Shrek is love, Shrek is life

  • @l2_linksklix

    @l2_linksklix

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@realDave1337👈🗣HE LIKES YOUNG BOYS

  • @guest_4416

    @guest_4416

    8 ай бұрын

    This is why you don't intrude Shrek's swamp.

  • @guest_4416

    @guest_4416

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@realDave1337young boys fan zie ik!

  • @masterofdesaster4902
    @masterofdesaster49028 ай бұрын

    The questions “did McDonalds poison millions of kids” is very sarcastic and I love it.

  • @fern-tv

    @fern-tv

    8 ай бұрын

    😏

  • @coobk373

    @coobk373

    8 ай бұрын

    dont you mean "and I'm lovin' it"

  • @masterofdesaster4902

    @masterofdesaster4902

    8 ай бұрын

    @@coobk373 I’m trying to do my best English is not my first language. I genuinely want to know if my sentence is grammatically incorrect or if it is a style issue.

  • @coobk373

    @coobk373

    8 ай бұрын

    @@masterofdesaster4902 i did not mean to correct you, your sentence was completely gramatically correct, i was referencing mcdo's famous "I'm lovin' it" slogan, wich you could have inserted for a pun.

  • @reverse_dns2043

    @reverse_dns2043

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@masterofdesaster4902dont you know the slogan "i'm lovin it"?

  • @paulbangert6005
    @paulbangert60058 ай бұрын

    Shrek is love, Shrek is life, and now Shrek is also death.

  • @Kindasus25

    @Kindasus25

    4 ай бұрын

    Shrek is eternal

  • @olibo1149

    @olibo1149

    4 ай бұрын

    Shrek has become Death, Destroyer of Worlds -Robert Oppenheimer

  • @goobah1389

    @goobah1389

    4 ай бұрын

    The snake eats its own tail again

  • @johnbash-on-ger

    @johnbash-on-ger

    3 ай бұрын

    @@olibo1149 Don't you mean Robert Shrek-kenheimer?

  • @IVI4R1U5

    @IVI4R1U5

    3 ай бұрын

    Shrek giveth, and Shrek taketh away.

  • @HumansMakeAIArt
    @HumansMakeAIArt4 ай бұрын

    I majored in art in college and did a lot of oil painting. The professors were VERY clear to us about the risks of cadmium and insisted we never directly touch paints made from cadmium. Putting it in drinking glasses is horrifying!

  • @john-ic5pz

    @john-ic5pz

    4 ай бұрын

    👍🏻 meanwhile in the chemistry dept... the Merck Manual (a book of commonly used chemicals and their properties) includes the taste of _many_ of the chemicals including many dangerous ones.

  • @Kalvinjj

    @Kalvinjj

    4 ай бұрын

    @@john-ic5pz I wonder how in heck they determine the smell and taste of some substances that kill you near instantly. Like Diborane that is all sorts of unstable and highly reactive, and still has it's smell described as "sweet and repulsive".

  • @DaTimmeh

    @DaTimmeh

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@KalvinjjI have heard of one guy who basically dedicated his scientific career to just tasting metals and recording the findings. Reminds you that the difference between f'ing around and science is just writing it down.

  • @dubuyajay9964

    @dubuyajay9964

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@DaTimmehAnd the guy that measured sting pain?

  • @you-nh8xo

    @you-nh8xo

    2 ай бұрын

    You're an art major. Shut up.

  • @Kyrikrliy
    @Kyrikrliy8 ай бұрын

    Thanks to that one mom who had an XRF scanner and was worried about some shrek-themed glass, who knows how long it would have taken to notice the danger otherwise

  • @LeadSafeMama

    @LeadSafeMama

    8 ай бұрын

    After Jennifer discovered the Lead in the Shrek glasses she actually gave me her XRF instrument (one of my first instruments!) I wish they were more accessible. The ones we use cost about $35,000 new and the new model costs about $50,000 new. I have over 4,000 test results of items / consumer goods (including lots of cartoon character glasses) on my website (not behind a paywall) so families everywhere can look up their consumer goods (or ones similar) and evaluate whether or not they are safe for their children.

  • @bradsanders407

    @bradsanders407

    6 ай бұрын

    The danger is everything from McDonald's that is edible.

  • @silverXnoise

    @silverXnoise

    6 ай бұрын

    @@bradsanders407This is a pretty crucial point that seems overlooked-their _edible_ products are addictive poison.

  • @zerocalvin

    @zerocalvin

    4 ай бұрын

    as an artist that deal with cadmium paint, i can tell you that the fear is overblown... there is no real danger unless you are allergic to cadmium which it'll only give you contact allergy... if that glass is like most painted glass, than the design is painted on the outside of the glass, which pose no danger of cadmium leeching into drink...

  • @GreenAppelPie

    @GreenAppelPie

    4 ай бұрын

    I want one of those now.

  • @ettaz
    @ettaz8 ай бұрын

    Coming from a painting background, I was not surprised at all when the video mentioned cadmium, and I completely expected the worst offender to be puss in boots. Cadmium yellow is a very pretty shade and nowadays it's made with different chemicals and pigments, but it used to be made with cadmium, and lots of it (see also lead white). Its one of things used to authenticate old paintings.

  • @JorenVaes

    @JorenVaes

    8 ай бұрын

    Many artists still use cadmium and lead paints today. Heck, I have some that I bought less than a year ago that contains both.

  • @BryceLynch838

    @BryceLynch838

    5 ай бұрын

    People say Cad Yellow is what gave Bob Ross cancer. He used it in every single painting he did. Today his paints are non-toxic.

  • @sadjunk5861

    @sadjunk5861

    4 ай бұрын

    i was wondering what happends if the pain washes away after years of use? can cadmium still be found on the glass?

  • @ZacksRockingLifestyle

    @ZacksRockingLifestyle

    4 ай бұрын

    ⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@BryceLynch838cancer is a mitochondrial, metabolic disease, primarily characterized by failures of apoptosis (pre-programmed cellular breakdown) and oxidative phosphorylation (cellular breathing). Bob Ross was, by all accounts, a very nice person. He should not be shamed for not knowing how cancer works, nor for not knowing what has been learned about cancer since his passing. Cancer comes from what we eat, and/or are fed in the womb, though. Cells need energy to function. Human cells are intended to be primarily fueled by ketones, which are produced from fats. Human cells are also able to metabolize carbohydrates in the form of glucose. Cells can only prioritize metabolizing one type of energy at a time. The ability to switch between ketone synthesis and glucose synthesis is known as “metabolic flexibility.” When a cell loses its flexibility, that’s step one for the formation of cancer. Cancer cells, unlike properly functioning human cells, ferment fuels in an anaerobic (oxygen-free) environment. Cancer cells are unable to ferment ketones as fuel, thus meaning it is imperative that ketone synthesis remains functional. However, cancer cells are able to ferment lactic acid, instead, which is the compound that builds up in our muscles as we use them (“feel the burn” …of lactic acid build-up). Cancer cells also ferment glucose. The fermentation of glucose and lactic acid by cancer cells is known as the Warburg Effect. Current studies show that glutamine, which is a protein, is also capable of being fermented by cancer cells, thus helping explain why cancer cells are so hard to nail down & terminate. Or, yk, “iT wAs ThE yElLoW pAiNt.”

  • @HappyBeezerStudios

    @HappyBeezerStudios

    4 ай бұрын

    @@sadjunk5861it would obviously go with the paint. The cadmium is what makes it yellow, so if you take all the yellow paint off, where is the cadmium? But if the pain comes off, you'll get much more of the cadmium than just a surface rub.

  • @isohora
    @isohora8 ай бұрын

    It's so surreal having a top tier visual and audio quality of delivering educational information interweaved with an unstoppable onslaught of earnest memes, that doesnt feel overly forced.

  • @hypez1819

    @hypez1819

    7 ай бұрын

    Bro wtf

  • @SyntaxErr19287

    @SyntaxErr19287

    7 ай бұрын

    @@Joe-sg9llthese type of comments feel so AI generated

  • @dxrk81

    @dxrk81

    4 ай бұрын

    your comment feels overly forced

  • @erlendvageskar3356

    @erlendvageskar3356

    28 күн бұрын

    Which is why I love fern. I recently discovered them and subbed.

  • @iamadrianlol
    @iamadrianlol8 ай бұрын

    the real controversy is how CRIMINALLY underrated this channel is

  • @LeadSafeMama

    @LeadSafeMama

    8 ай бұрын

    It really is so good. I was super thankful to be invited to interview and my kids got a kick of seeing me in a video like this on youtube! (especially that little opening sequence "A Mom With An XRF Gun" - my 15 year old [who has significant disabilities from Lead poisoning] really lit up when he saw that!]

  • @GiovanniKody100

    @GiovanniKody100

    8 ай бұрын

    overrated*

  • @olafp.3673

    @olafp.3673

    7 ай бұрын

    Its made by well known youtuber of gernany, they just started their english channel :)

  • @iamadrianlol

    @iamadrianlol

    7 ай бұрын

    @@olafp.3673 ja klar, simpli kennt man doch ;) :p

  • @M2356U

    @M2356U

    7 ай бұрын

    @@GiovanniKody100 🧢

  • @Aceshigh451
    @Aceshigh4518 ай бұрын

    Like any respectable parent she is in hand of an X-ray gun

  • @LeadSafeMama

    @LeadSafeMama

    8 ай бұрын

    It's fun to be the "cool mom" with the x-ray gun. The kids get to do fun science projects for school too! 🤣

  • @Aceshigh451

    @Aceshigh451

    7 ай бұрын

    @@LeadSafeMama not like it’s extremely radioactive ☢️ or anyhting 😂🤣🤣

  • @LeadSafeMama

    @LeadSafeMama

    7 ай бұрын

    @@Aceshigh451 I actually use a non-radioactive source tube-based instrument, which is why my instrument costs about $35,000 new (for the old model) and $50,000 new (fully loaded with all software options) for the current model. My mrem (hourly) is 0.078 at 10 cm - which is negligible and registers "non-detect" on dosimetry badges and rings! #ScienceIsFun :-)

  • @Aceshigh451

    @Aceshigh451

    7 ай бұрын

    @@LeadSafeMama nice 👍 👌

  • @bradsanders407

    @bradsanders407

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@Aceshigh451I think something more along the lines of "Sorry for running my ignorant mouth" or a backhanded "I stand corrected" would have been a much better apology than "nice".

  • @floschy_1
    @floschy_18 ай бұрын

    God damit, how can one meme this hard while still delivering high quality and interesting content plus this regularay. Impressive

  • @C_rrptd

    @C_rrptd

    7 ай бұрын

    "It's Ogre now"

  • @CantTellYou

    @CantTellYou

    7 ай бұрын

    Life-changing TV specials like “Scared Shrekless” changed my life

  • @clementpoon120

    @clementpoon120

    5 ай бұрын

    i think there's going to be a massive increase in sales of XRF just because of this video

  • @Bryanbobber

    @Bryanbobber

    4 ай бұрын

    Shrek is an insufferable character.

  • @FLPhotoCatcher

    @FLPhotoCatcher

    4 ай бұрын

    I love Mickey Disease! Or is it SickDonald's?

  • @Carlosmdna
    @Carlosmdna8 ай бұрын

    all of a sudden im gonna put our family Shrek glass into the display case, through the years the paint has faded and I thought that was normal. We had no idea it was toxic

  • @LeadSafeMama

    @LeadSafeMama

    8 ай бұрын

    yea - the paint "fading" means the cadmium was washing off into your kitchen environment or wearing off onto your hands as you held the glass.

  • @AgentOffice

    @AgentOffice

    4 ай бұрын

    Absorbed not faded

  • @nesman1927

    @nesman1927

    4 ай бұрын

    One of my moms friends gave her a set of these a few years back, I had vaguely known about poisonous McDonald’s cups from something I had seen years ago but thought it was about lead paint chipping and being eaten so we would just joke about it. Never even considered it leaching into the dishwasher and covering the other dishes, def smashing those things lel

  • @floriduhgeorgia

    @floriduhgeorgia

    3 ай бұрын

    How ya feelin

  • @monus782

    @monus782

    3 ай бұрын

    When the recall happened my mom refused to get rid of the glasses for some reason (I checked and we do indeed have the orange one), however we never use them so the paint is still there and I really hope they haven’t contaminated the surrounding glassware after all these years

  • @ouwyukha
    @ouwyukha8 ай бұрын

    Now i'm questioning every souvenir glasses in my house. No way my country has stricter regulation than US to prevent this to happening

  • @bradsanders407

    @bradsanders407

    6 ай бұрын

    The us really doesn't have that strict of regulations. Only in very specific areas does the us give a damn. Drugs that you can snort or eat is a big time hell no. But if you can drink them the us doesnt care so much. Sure someone at some point might have wrote on a piece of paper that you can't do this or that but so long as your product isn't killing people upon contact no one is going around enforcing the "no cadmium in kids drinking glasses" regulation.

  • @estherstreet4582

    @estherstreet4582

    5 ай бұрын

    Cadmium is a big risk, but so is lead. Lead didn't stop being used in ceramics until very recently, if you have any old mugs from before like, the 90s, it's worth retiring them.

  • @Aubreykun

    @Aubreykun

    3 ай бұрын

    A lot of painted glass has cadmium and lead in the paint, including ones STILL being produced. It's not regulated. The woman mentioned in the video description - Tamara Ruben - has tested so many items.

  • @SoyLuciano
    @SoyLuciano5 ай бұрын

    This also ocurred with Garfield-themed mugs from the same restaurant franchise, albeit with the deadly chemicals only being discovered after 40-ish years.

  • @mandararomness3932

    @mandararomness3932

    5 ай бұрын

    Yeah, I still have one thar my mom bought from a thrift store in the 90s to use as a paint water holder lmao

  • @soogymoogi

    @soogymoogi

    4 ай бұрын

    I drank out of those constantly. Might be why I'm so fucked up, though it's probably the autism

  • @samuelseidel6148

    @samuelseidel6148

    4 ай бұрын

    @@soogymoogi yo

  • @darthmaltodextrin1899

    @darthmaltodextrin1899

    4 ай бұрын

    This is actually the reason I read the comments. I was curious if my garfield mugs had bad paint too.

  • @maxjones2546

    @maxjones2546

    4 ай бұрын

    the real kicker is that they found the SAME FUCKING CHEMICALS

  • @Gizzmo112
    @Gizzmo1128 ай бұрын

    Did you know there is almost always Cadmium in chocolate? I worked for a cacao importer in the Amsterdam harbour. There is a maximum amount, but im sure there is almost always cadmium in your chocolatebar maybe some lead also.

  • @fern-tv

    @fern-tv

    8 ай бұрын

    thats so interesting!

  • @Steamrick

    @Steamrick

    8 ай бұрын

    What kind of concentration of Cadmium is normal for chocolate?

  • @Gizzmo112

    @Gizzmo112

    8 ай бұрын

    around 8 microgram of cadmium per 80g of pure chocolate. Also there is often lead found. And the problem will only get worse. We imported a lot of cacoa from Congo and the levels are higher every year. This is because a tree is like a pump, sucking nutrients out of the ground. Farmers have to remove the leafs falling down to make sure there is less reabsorbed. farmers in Congo fail to do this, also in other countries though. Remember: Cadmium and lead are NEVER save to ingest @@Steamrick

  • @Steamrick

    @Steamrick

    8 ай бұрын

    @@Gizzmo112 As a chocolate addict, that's scary...

  • @Gizzmo112

    @Gizzmo112

    8 ай бұрын

    I wouldnt worry about it too much. Only for pregnant women and small children it is probably not a good idea to eat dark chocolate. Who wants to reach 100 years without chocolate :)? @@Steamrick

  • @JUEKx
    @JUEKx8 ай бұрын

    Insanely good mix of humor, quality and a thrilling story told

  • @TheRealDoctorBonkus
    @TheRealDoctorBonkus7 ай бұрын

    “Her husband died but her name is also Karen” brutally unhinged but amazing journalism and production value none the less

  • @neillynch_ecocidologist

    @neillynch_ecocidologist

    4 ай бұрын

    I had to have a little laugh when I heard that! :D

  • @kniivves
    @kniivves7 ай бұрын

    "Her first name.. was also Karen" This had me ROLLING

  • @Airbourne92
    @Airbourne928 ай бұрын

    Isn't McDonald's poisoning their customers regardless of Shrek glasses?

  • @akteno2796

    @akteno2796

    8 ай бұрын

    Its a Trick question, the awnser is yes regardless of the topic discussed in the video, this question was intentionally like that.

  • @DaRadicalCavy

    @DaRadicalCavy

    8 ай бұрын

    Given meat is a proven carcinogen and a bad one at that absolutely the are. Nevermind anything in drinks or other products.

  • @livinginsidegemses

    @livinginsidegemses

    8 ай бұрын

    @@commygames bro probably has 8 chins and is 400lb from eating a million big macs per day

  • @Lau2856.

    @Lau2856.

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@commygamesthis is bull§hit.

  • @turok4714

    @turok4714

    8 ай бұрын

    @@livinginsidegemses, @Lau2856. It depends on where you live, in Europe (especially in the EU) McD has to comply with all strict health laws. and the ingredients are regularly controlled by the Ministry of Health. In addition, genetically modified foods are completely banned. But even in Europe it is generally considered unhealthy fatty food and therefore you rarely indulge in it unless you want to gain weight quickly.

  • @iluminattipa
    @iluminattipa8 ай бұрын

    Fun fact, when the development on prince of egypt, underperfoming animators were moved to shrek's team as they thought the prince of egypt would earn more. The workers called this move "getting shreked" I find it so funny to think that these kids were shreked

  • @imcoorey
    @imcoorey3 ай бұрын

    blaming my low IQ on tainted shrek glasses.

  • @UnluckySadBoi
    @UnluckySadBoi8 ай бұрын

    Bruh. I drank out of this as a kid all the time. it was my favorite cup. In fact, I still have it in my childhood home's cupboard.

  • @theoneandonlysnoopcat

    @theoneandonlysnoopcat

    7 ай бұрын

    I actually still have the same garfield cup they showed in the video. It was my favorite as a kid. Fuck

  • @KomradeCPU

    @KomradeCPU

    6 ай бұрын

    got some cadmium in the brain brah, that's rad @@LeticiaFerreira-zg9gt

  • @DogDogGodFog

    @DogDogGodFog

    6 ай бұрын

    Did you do an IQ test? (To see whether it damaged you)

  • @bradsanders407

    @bradsanders407

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@DogDogGodFoghe started his comment with a letter grouping in this order, b r u h. What do you think his iq is going to be? Clearly sub 100.

  • @BrianRRenfro

    @BrianRRenfro

    4 ай бұрын

    @@DogDogGodFog He started his comment with "Bruh." I think we have our answer.

  • @LeadSafeMama
    @LeadSafeMama8 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for this! I will share some links here to several Lead Safe Mama articles with more specifics on several of the glasses in question.

  • @pepper4169
    @pepper41697 ай бұрын

    I used one of these glasses for years until my mom broke it, and while buying a new one I found out that they were toxic. Anyway, I have one sitting right next to me as I write this as decor.

  • @HooLeePhucingSheet

    @HooLeePhucingSheet

    4 ай бұрын

    Do you have those Burger King Batman glasses? My mom collected the whole set and I used to mess around with them.

  • @godi3263
    @godi32638 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for this video, Here in France we have mustard pots with often Pokemon,Marvel,Disney painting on them. Lots of people (including me) uses these pots as glasses to "recycle" them after the video i did some research about it to see if they would be toxic or not, It turns out that they are. They also contain lead and cadmium which can fall into small particles after cycles in the dishwasher.. I had never heard of it before, no warning on the products or elsewhere. Great video like always!

  • @mkesenheimer

    @mkesenheimer

    8 ай бұрын

    Can you point me to the articles or evidences? We too have these glasses at home, and I wonder, if I have to get rid of these now.

  • @yodukenukem

    @yodukenukem

    7 ай бұрын

    Wait you are from France and speak English? I am officially curious if we’ve found a one in a million

  • @kyralindsey5885

    @kyralindsey5885

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@yodukenukempeople can be bilingual

  • @elizabethduplat5998

    @elizabethduplat5998

    7 ай бұрын

    I am also in France and would be interested in your sources ! We have a cabinet full of these glasses...

  • @sanpellegrinolimonata

    @sanpellegrinolimonata

    7 ай бұрын

    Oh no, are the small nutella pots (e.g. the small christmas ones) also bad?!????

  • @danielsantorski5270
    @danielsantorski52708 ай бұрын

    4:14 - wait, you couldn't choose the Happy Meal toys in the US? What the heck where the displays with numbered toys in them for? When I was a kid, my parents always asked which one I wanted when they bought me a Happy Meal, and at worst they were out, so I had to pick another one.

  • @asdfgidji879

    @asdfgidji879

    6 ай бұрын

    its not like a rule that you can pick your toy but most employees will give the one asked for, as a kid id exchange them like if i got one i already had i just wouldnt ipen it and id ask for a different one. No one seemed to mind but i was like 8 so i mightve just not noticed how annoying i was

  • @bradsanders407

    @bradsanders407

    6 ай бұрын

    File this under making a big deal out of nothing at all. About like this whole video.

  • @orangy57
    @orangy574 ай бұрын

    I learned about these cups in a chemistry class, my buddy was shocked since it turns out he had those exact glasses over a decade later. I didn't believe him at first but nope he was right I went over his place a few weeks later and he had 2 of those exact Shrek glasses in a cabinet with all of his other decorative cups and the Shrek cups had most of their paint worn off from time. Makes me wonder how much of it they ended up ingesting or if it was just from dishwashers and stuff

  • @lego_minifig
    @lego_minifig8 ай бұрын

    I remember my grandma collected these. She flat out refused to get rid of them when the recall happened but she did retire them from the cabinet in favor of McDonalds limited release Coke glasses.

  • @LeadSafeMama

    @LeadSafeMama

    8 ай бұрын

    Hi - I had commented on this earlier but I don't think they allow links in comments.I have test results for the coke glasses on my website - so you can show them to her (and hopefully convince her to stop using them). Just put the words "Coca-Cola Glass" in the search bar at the top of any page of my website and the article should pop right up.

  • @Zanoab

    @Zanoab

    5 ай бұрын

    My mom did the same. After getting the full set, she tried to get more as extras and got upset when they refused to sell any. There wasn’t much concern about exposure because they only allowed adults to use glassware.

  • @cup0cakeyz
    @cup0cakeyz7 ай бұрын

    The shrek glass is connected to jonestown?? Did not expect that 😭

  • @bhatkat

    @bhatkat

    4 ай бұрын

    Very weak link, not impressed they mention it.

  • @longiusaescius2537

    @longiusaescius2537

    4 ай бұрын

    Huh not surprised

  • @culturebreath369
    @culturebreath3696 ай бұрын

    The toxic p*ssy line got me. 😂

  • @SouthPeter98
    @SouthPeter988 ай бұрын

    Crazy that since that Mcdonnalds email and now this channel grew by 100k. This super high quality format you came up with for this and Hoog is crazy good, the 'youtube essay' market will be short work

  • @Sifosthegreat

    @Sifosthegreat

    8 ай бұрын

    its the second channel of 2 KZreadrs. No surprise.

  • @MrLegendra

    @MrLegendra

    8 ай бұрын

    @@Sifosthegreatwhat KZreadrs?

  • @Canleaf08

    @Canleaf08

    8 ай бұрын

    @@MrLegendra Simplicissimus or Bored2Guys from Germany.... fern is their 2nd English channel.

  • @zekiz774

    @zekiz774

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@Canleaf08and Hoog

  • @ab7319

    @ab7319

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@MrLegendrasimplicissimus and hoog. Hoog makes Videos in english and simplicissimus in german

  • @andremaines
    @andremaines7 ай бұрын

    The amount of Shrek puns you managed to fit into the script as well as comparing that lady to a political version of 50 cent. Great writing guys! 😂

  • @party4lifedude
    @party4lifedude4 ай бұрын

    I'm surprised that Mcdonalds immediately recalled them and offered a refund, and they didn't just deny it and fight it or try to deflect blame or sue the mother for libel or say that what she did was "stealing corporate secrets" and try to charge her for corporate espionage or libel or something ridiculous. A corporation as big as McDoald's could easily afford the lawyers to get away with it.

  • @Aubreykun

    @Aubreykun

    3 ай бұрын

    Plenty of companies have done that to Tamara Rubin over the years but usually realize they can't win and either relent or quietly try to let it go to obscurity.

  • @Kass401

    @Kass401

    3 ай бұрын

    I bet if this had happened today that's exactly what would happen, after their smear campaign of the woman with the hot coffee went so successfully they'd be emboldened to do anything

  • @bend8353

    @bend8353

    Ай бұрын

    This was before republicans made that acceptable.

  • @daleshirley8083
    @daleshirley80838 ай бұрын

    We have and use the entire set! It's my wife's favorite, so glad I'm subscribed to your channel and seen this video! Getting rid of these IMMIDIETELY! Bought the whole set at a yard sale about 5 years ago!

  • @LeadSafeMama

    @LeadSafeMama

    8 ай бұрын

    Good choice! I still haven't gotten my hands on an original set to test to report the exact levels on each glass. I was surprised that the video said only the cat was positive for Cadmium - but I think that must have been that only the cat was positive for cadmium when a dust wipe sample was taken. The Mickey Mouse ones I tested from Y2k are also positive for high levels of Cadmium - higher than the shrek ones.

  • @el4689

    @el4689

    7 ай бұрын

    maybe just put them on display instead. i’ve got some similar old painted cups, and although knowing this i will never use them again, they are still very precious to me. your wife might appreciate not tossing them out

  • @bene9354

    @bene9354

    7 ай бұрын

    RIP

  • @Limelaz23

    @Limelaz23

    7 ай бұрын

    you may want to hold onto them! Since many got recalled, they are pretty rare to get and might be worth alot in a few years! Just don't use them please ^^"

  • @ztac_dex

    @ztac_dex

    7 ай бұрын

    put it on display and dont used it instead

  • @StanislavUtikeev
    @StanislavUtikeev7 ай бұрын

    God I wish it was Farquaad, so they'd call them "Farquaadmium Glasses".

  • @Silver0Crow
    @Silver0Crow4 ай бұрын

    Love the quip about Happy Meal being first loot box for kids, u got my chuckle! FYI: Kinder Surprises were the first loot boxes, tho, Ferrero introduced them in 1974, whereas McDonald started Happy Meal in 1979

  • @fatiryamin3927
    @fatiryamin39275 ай бұрын

    As any responsible parent, she's in possession of an X Ray gun 😂

  • @SkinnyNinny
    @SkinnyNinny8 ай бұрын

    "did McDonald's poison children?" Well, about that...

  • @tysondennis1016
    @tysondennis10167 ай бұрын

    The Shrekoning

  • @Volkowitsch
    @Volkowitsch8 ай бұрын

    "Her first name is also Karen" ~ this made my evening a better one. Thanks!

  • @Enzo187
    @Enzo1873 ай бұрын

    when these came out my mom got all 4 and we used them for dinner until the recall, my mom didnt want to throw them away so she put them in boxes with the other like 40 character glasses she has but doesnt use because shed be heartbroken if they broke. essentially a cartoon china collection.

  • @stebansan
    @stebansan8 ай бұрын

    SHREK IS LOVE SHREK IS LIFE

  • @lemonleader8504

    @lemonleader8504

    8 ай бұрын

    Shrek is Cadmium

  • @stebansan

    @stebansan

    8 ай бұрын

    @@lemonleader8504 no, puss in boots is cadmium. SHREK though, shrek is love, shrek is life

  • @ICHBinCOOLERalsJeman
    @ICHBinCOOLERalsJeman8 ай бұрын

    I always suspected that the reason people remember shrek so fondly might be led poisoning. Now shrek 2 on the other hand, that is where it is at

  • @bluecoke6828
    @bluecoke68288 ай бұрын

    Sounds crazy to me that there stil is no good legislation for those types of glasses

  • @LeadSafeMama

    @LeadSafeMama

    8 ай бұрын

    Crazy but true!

  • @marshallmade
    @marshallmade7 ай бұрын

    The subtle jokes in your videos r killing me u do it for shrek💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

  • @the_criminal_mastermind
    @the_criminal_mastermind3 ай бұрын

    My mother collected all of these and still has them in her collection cabinet

  • @KaliDwu

    @KaliDwu

    3 ай бұрын

    Same lol

  • @patricks.3822
    @patricks.38228 ай бұрын

    Did you know there is almost always Cadmium in food? Sometimes more sometimes less (also depending from where): Chocolate: ~150 μg/kg Grain (wheat): ~35 μg/kg vegetables: ~5-30 μg/kg WHO: Tolerable weekly intake for cadmium at 7 μg/kg body weight/week (EFSA: 2.5) Example: 100kg body weight -> ~ 6x 100g-bars of chocolate per day are ok according to WHO

  • @arsinclair
    @arsinclair8 ай бұрын

    1 minute into the video and things finally started making sense. They are not talking about spectacles, but about drinking glasses. I guess I need to take a day off. 🚬🙄

  • @niteshades_promise

    @niteshades_promise

    4 ай бұрын

    I'm reading this as I smoke up 😂🍻

  • @RexyRonin
    @RexyRonin7 ай бұрын

    Love the presentation script! Great attention to detail too! Didn't think the rabbithole ran that deep!

  • @ImNotGouda
    @ImNotGouda2 ай бұрын

    idk why but the whole bit with the mom and the xray gun killed me

  • @Fettsaeure
    @Fettsaeure8 ай бұрын

    4:26 shrek should never be taken out of his swamp 😂

  • @gyrozeppeli4862
    @gyrozeppeli48623 ай бұрын

    I had every single one of these, and when my parents threw them away in front of me, I bawled

  • @GreenAppelPie
    @GreenAppelPie4 ай бұрын

    I remember my parents refusing to purchase themed glasses at McDonald’s because of the lead scare, and admittedly because they were frugal to a fault. We did however always have those printed jelly jars that because juice glasses.

  • @thomasschmidt8544
    @thomasschmidt85448 ай бұрын

    My kids like their modern drinking glasses with soft-colored painting on them but they adore my 30 years old glasses with sparkling (although fainting) disney figures painted onto them. I fear the latter ones or even all of them have to miraculously disappear overnight.

  • @LeadSafeMama

    @LeadSafeMama

    8 ай бұрын

    The main thing to realize is that it just takes a microscopic amount of Lead or Cadmium to poison a human. I have full test results for lots of these glassware items on my website if you need additional supporting evidence to convince you to stop using them. Lead exposure in kids causes permanent brain damage (which my kiddo has from being lead poisoned and is why I do what I do), learning disabilities, behavioral disorders, headaches, GI issues and more. Lead exposure in adults causes an increased risk of heart disease, early onset dementia, fertility (and "performance") issues - and lots of other impacts that are being more widely studied and reported on. I personally recommend people throw them in the trash so they break so no one might use them in the future.

  • @GamerJonathan-_

    @GamerJonathan-_

    4 ай бұрын

    I’m seeing a comment under yours but it’s not showing it when I click it

  • @thomasschmidt8544

    @thomasschmidt8544

    4 ай бұрын

    @@GamerJonathan-_ same here. It often happens.

  • @oskar7962
    @oskar79628 ай бұрын

    0:39 I almost choked on my food because that was very unexpected.

  • @MarshmallowAlien
    @MarshmallowAlien3 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for this video! Because of it I found out that the McDonalds 2000s Mickey glasses my dad and grandma own also contain Cadmium. I sent them both the readings from Tamara Rubin's website along with an OSHA article about Cadmium. I really hope they listen to me and at least stop using them.

  • @shinimegami42
    @shinimegami423 ай бұрын

    I remember wanting the puss in boots one, and stopping by mcdonalds on the way home from work one day. On the front door was a sign saying they were no longer for sale and could be returned for free fries or money or something. I was pretty disappointed. Cue the news later that night saying theyre toxic. Jokes on them i found one brand new for two bucks at a thrift store still in the box and it lives in a glass cabinet. I grew up drinking out of the garfield and peanuts glasses in the 80s and 90s, along with literally everyone i knew and several younger people I know now, and i still see them at thrift stores from time to time.

  • @samueleriksson2668
    @samueleriksson26688 ай бұрын

    Wow, the timing is almost scary! I just recently finished a meal drinking from a glass with the McDonalds mascot Grimace and a metallic cup with the Berlin mascot Ampelmännchen. (Ironically, I'm an adult). I don't know if the risks apply to metallic cups as well, but my McDonalds glass sure looks eerily similar to the Shrek ones. All of a sudden, I feel like reconsidering the way I consume water for some strange unexplainable reason. Thanks for the heads-up I guess 😅

  • @LeadSafeMama

    @LeadSafeMama

    8 ай бұрын

    hi - I had commented earlier but I think they may not allow links in their comments. I have full test results for the Grimace glasses on my website - just put "Grimace" in the search bar at the top of any page of the site. Definitely not safe!

  • @yomomma6633
    @yomomma66334 ай бұрын

    It’s honestly funny, my aunt actually still has those glasses in her cabinet to be used by anyone who walks in

  • @sjayne27
    @sjayne273 ай бұрын

    I only found out about these glasses being toxic about a month ago. I had been using them EVERY DAY for the past six years! Hopefully it did not damage me. 🤞

  • @salsifi836
    @salsifi8363 ай бұрын

    Average people : Shrek on glasses Intellectuals : Shrek in a jar

  • @TracksWithDax
    @TracksWithDax8 ай бұрын

    I would love to hear from the manufacturers of these products

  • @kvrm_
    @kvrm_8 ай бұрын

    "her first name is also karen", that got me

  • @locomotive9400
    @locomotive940027 күн бұрын

    imagine the shrek glass being the what takes you out lmao

  • @brileevoices
    @brileevoices4 ай бұрын

    Back in 2007 we had the painted McDonalds glasses from Shrek the Third. Not the same ones that were recalled but I can imagine it had the same stuff in it because it was basically the same exact cups just with different designs. I drank out of that thing for years. It was the only glass I drank out of (besides the McD's Flintstone mug once in a while but I assume those were ok because they weren't painted?). I remember the designs getting kinda scratched up over the years too and I still drank out of it. It was my favorite glass. Crazy to think about now. I never even knew the other glasses were recalled until recently!

  • @RealDymondZ
    @RealDymondZ8 ай бұрын

    I like the german CC, which is translating Shrek glasses into Shrek-Brillen :D the glasses you have on your nose

  • @LeadSafeMama

    @LeadSafeMama

    8 ай бұрын

    lol

  • @Fosi94
    @Fosi948 ай бұрын

    4:42 Atlantis is extremely underrated and I don't know why.

  • @Hamsteak
    @Hamsteak8 ай бұрын

    I still have these glasses, I didn't know it was poisonous

  • @secondnature87
    @secondnature874 ай бұрын

    Wasn't expecting Jonestown to be involved in this video

  • @0topon
    @0topon8 ай бұрын

    Glad they cleared the swamp of toxic glasses

  • @1daboi100
    @1daboi1008 ай бұрын

    I truly love your content! Could you please do more of crime related videos like the one of that dark web king? Either way thanks for these videos man!

  • @Ostralucia
    @Ostralucia14 күн бұрын

    this is such a high quality documentary but it’s so funny as well omg

  • @ChakibTsouli
    @ChakibTsouli8 ай бұрын

    I lost it at "the toxic puss-"

  • @trueberryless
    @trueberryless8 ай бұрын

    Has anyone counted all the life-saving mums with ray guns in this video? Just asking for a friend... ❤

  • @peanutman3822

    @peanutman3822

    8 ай бұрын

    Two. Which isn't a lot but weird that it happened twice

  • @Fosi94

    @Fosi94

    8 ай бұрын

    It is impossible to know.

  • @LeadSafeMama

    @LeadSafeMama

    8 ай бұрын

    @@peanutman3822 We know each other too. She gave me her "gun" (XRF instrument) when she no longer needed it too - so I had two for a while!

  • @LeadSafeMama

    @LeadSafeMama

    8 ай бұрын

    There may be others out there but if there are they aren't actively trying to get recalls pushed through. My big push right now is trying to get the Lead painted baby bottles recalled (and outlawed!)

  • @tabby73

    @tabby73

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@LeadSafeMamaI'm wondering, is all paint on eating and drinking utensils dangerous? Does all paint contain cadmium and lead? 🤔

  • @t.218
    @t.2188 ай бұрын

    Me as a employee at McDonalds I can only say it would be such a pleasure to cancel these fucking Happy Meals. For example youre alone with 20 cars at Mc Drive and you have to make 20 Happy meal boxes by yourself while taking orders and other shit. So if anyone ever was wondering about the fact how you can wait for an hour at McDonalds, thats why.

  • @soren7550
    @soren755029 күн бұрын

    "Her first name was also Karen" the dry humor here has killed me.

  • @user-xs4uc3kz5o
    @user-xs4uc3kz5o4 ай бұрын

    It only took McDonald’s for the Shrek cups to truly learn their lesson about painted glass cups.

  • @toast8089
    @toast80898 ай бұрын

    I’ve got a macdonalds shrek glass in my cupboard right now

  • @funnyyellowdog8833

    @funnyyellowdog8833

    3 ай бұрын

    Sue that clown!

  • @lxam...
    @lxam...8 ай бұрын

    Holy Shoot i remeber the puss in Boots Glass, It was my favoutite when i was a child... but i Font know whether it was a glass from McDonald's or from Bauzner (A German mustard brand that sold their mustard in printed drinking glasses (Peak Marketing btw))

  • @ucankushincorporations1318
    @ucankushincorporations13188 ай бұрын

    I am kinda liking this less serious tone fern is taking, viel lekker

  • @breakdancingcat
    @breakdancingcatАй бұрын

    cool video as always fern, totally enjoy it. id recommend adding subtitles for everything else (not just narrator). thankyou!!

  • @trueberryless
    @trueberryless8 ай бұрын

    Great sponsorship transition ❤

  • @MarcelSchr
    @MarcelSchr8 ай бұрын

    I would already be happy if I received the entire order. I don't need an extra portion of cadmium thanks.

  • @quantumX3-old
    @quantumX3-oldАй бұрын

    i love the bit that said 'this parent is gonna use her average xray gun to find out what shrek is made of'

  • @thepwrtank18
    @thepwrtank183 ай бұрын

    Garfield has lead, Shrek has cadmium

  • @evan
    @evan8 ай бұрын

    The puns in this one 😂

  • @icantthinkofanything798
    @icantthinkofanything7988 ай бұрын

    LOL my best friend had one of these and it was my favorite to drink out of. She says she lost it when she moved so I hope no one gets sick from it or anything. I happen to own 4 Star Trek themed colored glasses from Taco Bell, so good to know I should definitely not drink from them

  • @LeadSafeMama

    @LeadSafeMama

    7 ай бұрын

    I haven't tested those yet. Do you know what year they are from? I will try to get my hands on some!

  • @masterofryan

    @masterofryan

    5 ай бұрын

    ⁠​⁠@@LeadSafeMamaHave you ever scanned the painted Welch’s jelly glasses? Maybe around 2003. Edit: nevermind, I found your site when searching for answers lol

  • @chromylon6244
    @chromylon62443 ай бұрын

    I know so many middle aged adults who refuse to get rid of them and still use them today.

  • @HiPtfntco
    @HiPtfntcoАй бұрын

    Not me having the whole shrek collection in my garage...💀

  • @-kittn-
    @-kittn-8 ай бұрын

    Certified Fern gang classic

  • @noopstv1982
    @noopstv19828 ай бұрын

    Some kind of nestlé greenwashing unveil would be interesting in the future.

  • @BlackLotusRadio
    @BlackLotusRadio13 күн бұрын

    fern-tv is my new addiction. I absolutely love this channel. Thank you for your content!!! Also, describing Shrek 4 as Mortuus Equus Syndrome is brilliant! Mortuus equus is latin for dead horse. It's an expression used to describe something as useless or ineffective, although it has been previously valuable. Also, syndrome in medical terminology, is a disease or disorder caused by set of medical signs and symptoms, which are correlated with each other, while often remaining unknown. Mortuus equus syndrome meaning that for a set of reasons, shrek used to be great but now it just doesn't work anymore. Bravo to that rotten tomatoes user. Excellent choice of words!

  • @theorixlux2605
    @theorixlux26058 ай бұрын

    This documentary is funnier than netflux comedy specials

  • @haydenholdsworth9632
    @haydenholdsworth96328 ай бұрын

    I've been drinking out of a thrifted one of these for years now

  • @daimsaeed
    @daimsaeed8 ай бұрын

    the karen we need

  • @Chris-ut6eq
    @Chris-ut6eq4 ай бұрын

    Love the production value of your videos!

  • @parafoxl7619
    @parafoxl761928 күн бұрын

    "Naturally, as any resoonsible parent, she was in posession of a handheld x-ray fluorescend spectograph" Naturally.

  • @TragicFlames
    @TragicFlames8 ай бұрын

    The unique topics that Fern finds to cover....Mc'Lovin' it ;)

  • @XFlugtier
    @XFlugtier8 ай бұрын

    Quotation: "Learning disabilities and permanent IQ loss" Well, that explains a lot about the state of the world.

  • @damienclendenen9821
    @damienclendenen9821Ай бұрын

    “The Washington version of 50 cent” got me 😂

  • @harlech2
    @harlech24 ай бұрын

    "Her name is also Karen" I had to struggle to keep my water off my keyboard and monitor.....

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