The McDonald's Glass Scandal

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]

This comment section is officially open for Shrek memes.

[HumansMakeAIArt]

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!

[masterofdesaster]

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

[ettaz]

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.

[imcoorey]

blaming my low IQ on tainted shrek glasses.

[ImNotGouda]

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

[Kyrikrliy]

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

[floschy_]

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

[paulbangert]

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

[partylifedude]

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.

[shokasemoney]

I was in McDonald’s today, THEY ARE SELLING SHREK CUPS AGAIN!! Plastic this time but I think it’s funny that they brought these back

[iamadrianlol]

the real controversy is how CRIMINALLY underrated this channel is

[pepper]

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.

[orangy]

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

[TheOnlyMissing]

6:05 "Naturally as any responsible parent..."

[gyrozeppeli]

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

[SoyLuciano]

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

[JUEKx]

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

[Aceshigh]

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

[chromylon]

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