• If the insides of your glazed porcelain is poison, it's the same for glasses. They're toxic dyes. Many people overlook this. Heart stents and contact lenses have inorganic dyes too. Not sure if safe. Guess this is why contact lenses are not meant to be worn more than 30 days - if they are not daily lenses, but how about heart stents? WTH are dyes staining heart stents for these days? I don't really get it. If anyone knows, please comment!

• We've been drinking out of these types of glasses for around fifty years and we haven't all died. It can't be that dangerous.

• about 5 years ago I bought a ton of these from some collector on craigslist who had them all perfectly wrapped in a newspaper from October 1984. I thanked him for keeping them in such mint condition and have drinking the hell out of them for the past 5 years. I'm not going to let this research stop me though. I'm confident I'll die early from butt cancer anyway.

• How can some one run a website and not know how to communicate in proper english?

• Drinking from glasses like this as a kid made me into the superhero I am today, I would not have laser sight, or super strength if I had used the wax coated paper cups they had back then. Now I'm off to eat McRibs and fight crime!

• "Have you ever drunk..." Both grammatically correct and more funnyer.

• Might as well die with an awesome Batman mug in your hand.

• who chose the headline? you are in the wrong line of work: it's drunk, not drank.

• Haven't died yet.

• just remember that the safety freaks got 95% of all wooden playgrounds destroyed after freaking out over arsenic in wood. by the way do they know brass contains lead should we ban that too???

• Great, now I have nothing to drink out of.

• Proper grammar would be "Have you ever drunk..."

• Because mercury works the same way as lead does

• It's Howard The Duck...

• Actually its Donald Duck (^_^)

• that's daffy duck

• That should be "there" not "there's". Fail.

• There's should be a comic about a superhero who got his powers from a contaminated superhero glass.

• I think I still have them all, and might even have one that lights up or something.. Damn, now I have to go home and dust off the top shelf of the cabinet.

• I knew my ALF cup would kill me some day.

• A little lead never hurt anyone.

• If you were lucky enough to receive one of these highly sought after and collectible pieces of media history, let alone THE ONE you actually wanted (Boba Fett instead of Yoda in my case) AND you had the AUDACITY of drinking out of thereby degrading it's condition from 'mint' to 'near mint' (or worse, if you washed it afterwards, removing the 'patina' that some collectors prize), then you DESERVE to die, I don't care what the FDA says.

• Damn. I guess my geekiness is gonna kill me! :(

• Great, and I just drank out of a Pocahontas cup I got at Burger King 15 years ago last night...

• Yup... never buy anything that say's "MADE IN CHINA" if you intend to eat or drink with it.

• What sad about this is the fact that this "Study" was news to the public last year. And It's just now being noticed... Excuse me while I go bang my head on a wall.

• shut up...i survived cancer to make the world a better place..now sit on it..

• Stop tasting my urine.

• So you're saying I should stop drinking out of my Star Trek III: Search for Spock Taco Bell glasses? I should have figured something was wrong, the paint hasn't faded over 26 years and many, many washings.

• :( That sucks. I -just- found my Star Trek cups & I was all excited to start using them! *wondering if it's worth the risk*

• crap im drinkin out of 1 right now...... but that dose explain my bro

• Meh I'm sure 10+ years using a soldering iron probably has done me more harm.

• I seem to remember a media furor over this happening with the glasses from either The Empire Strikes Back or Return of the Jedi. I definitely remember a warning for the recall of the ones from A View to A Kill, but that was no real loss.

• OK, they couldn´t just look sooo cool, no sir, they had to be poisonous too.

• Okay had a few fast food specialty glasses in the past, Empire Strikes Back, and Micky D's characters, and I did get the Star Trek reboot glasses but they are still in the boxes, but have not drank from one in many years. If I have read the articles right, these glasses were made in China and the only glasses I currently have with any comic book characters on them are my 'Toon Tumblers I purchased at the NYCC this past October. And they say their glasses are made in the USA, so I should be safe.

• Yeah, designs where the image reaches near the lip of the glass seem to be the really problematic ones.

• Never! I'm pretty sure the Age of Autism kooks will somehow trace the lead on these glasses to "Big Pharma" and the government. Logic and reason just doesn't work on these people.

• hmmm... you do realize you don't drink from the side that has the paint on it right? So as long as you people aren't either a) pouring liquid onto the outside of the glass and drinking it down, or b) continuously licking the outside of the glass, I'm pretty sure you will be ok.

• It's a good thing that saturated fats and salmonella cancel out lead and cadmium. Some AP coverage of the initial story: http://www.theawl.com/2010/11/childhood-joy-will-kill-us-all#twcbutton

• Now the Autism conspiracy freaks can turn their ire away from the gov't and towards the true perpetrators, big business. BWAHAHAHAHA.

• They're missing the Spider-Man glass from that set. It's the 1977 7-11 Limited Edition Glass Slurpee cups (Set of 6) They made a plastic cup set that year of about 50 different cups. Then they made a glass set out of 6 of 'em.

• scary for i had not only the original star wars promotion glasses back in the day but still have a few Disney ones and smurf ones. means guess i have to do a cleaning of my cabinets now. good thing i use regular drinking glasses

• So if they are freaking out about lead in glasses does that mean that they will go after our toy collections next ?.... If they do go after toys next THEY CAN PRY THEM FROM MY COLD DEAD FINGERS !.......

• wow i used to drink form one every morning until i broke it...... i wonder now if that was a good thing?

• how could you get lead poisoning from this? back in Victorian England hat makers were using lead to make hat bands 18 hours a day and they used mercury to treat the felt on hats too. the exposure from the glasses is nill compared to what these people went through.

• And I just bought twin Green Arrow pint glasses this weekend!

• haha. I thankfully was out of McDs by Shrek 3 and the recall but I still had to deal with people demanding their damn Shrek 2 cups to make sure they had all four...guess its time to throw those out. I knew that job at McDs would kill me somehow.

• no, you survived cancer to die from something else. welcome to life. you only get one. enjoy your stay. exit will be indeterminate. results may vary.

• The Shrek glasses were from McDonalds, not Burger King. I only know because I manage a McDonalds and had to put up with annoying women constantly accusing me for giving their kids cancer. Oh well, at least our distributor payed us back for the purchase price plus a differential. The only novelty glass I have is asculpted one that I think was for the live action Flintstones movies. My Grandma bought me one, I thought it was so cool.

• If this is the case, then they can't be that harmful or I'd be dead already.

• Oh shit! I've STILL been using the Empire Strikes Back "Hoth" glass from McD's AND the B.C. Comic ones from Arby's... Tell it to me straight Doc, how much time do I have left?

• Oh no!!!! Then it WAS just infused with evil and bat nipples. Oh dear, I actually preferred the thought of lead. Jokes aside, those cups were bad asses, I've only got the two face one left!

• Oh no!!!! Then it WAS just infused with evil and bat nipples. Oh dear, I actually preferred the thought of lead. Jokes aside, those cups were bad ass**, I've only got the two face one left!

• And what about shot glasses sold at souvenir shops all around the country?

• Dude, you actually drink out of those things? Do you have any idea what that does to their resale value? ;-P

• Would this mean those Welch's Jelly jars with the dinosaurs too? Dammit I think every glass I own has some trace of lead in it...

• Heheh good thing we never had that tacky shit at home when I was a kid.

• wtf...what the fuuuuuuuuuuuck...sunofabitch..i survived cancer to get this shit..wtf..i regularly drink out of my punisher glass and the Simpson's ones i got for christmas..and ive bought some for my kid..wtf..aaaaaarrrrrggggghhhhh..im losing my fucking mind..

• People are still smoking...

• At last, a man of sense and decorum.

• This just in: drinking out of a thermos with an 80s character gives you cancer, AIDS, syphillis, and makes you a Justin Beiber fan.

• This is why I won't drink out of anything except my He-Man Thermos.

• Somewhere, some guy who used to get mocked for not being cool enough to acquire any of these novelty glasses is laughing maniacally.

• I had that same glass. I think it came out for The Great Muppet Caper.

• This is sad for your health. But consider the HUUUUUGE class-action suits that could ensue.

• Fuck me! My parents have the Muppets glass, with the double decker bus wrapped around it. We used it quite a bit and we're still fine

• I guess it is okay that my family was too poor to buy get those in the first place.

• Considering the number of novelty glasses that have touched my lips in the past thirty years, I suppose I ought to thank the stars I am not already dead!

• Um.. the designs are outside of the glass, not inside. I'm more way terrified to drink out of my vintage Burger King Star Wars glasses because I'm afraid of fading the design!!!

• Now, now, the Batman Forever glasses were sculpted, not painted.

• Geez, it's a good thing I only ever use these things to hold pencils on my desk... Now where can I get that Howard the Duck glass?!

• I'm sure it's the PAINT that contains lead. Not good, but it's on the OUTSIDE.

• That just means the Muppets babies added some extra to your PB&J and your Juice

• I always thought that milk tasted better when I drank it from a Endor glass, but I thought maybe just maybe it was the wookie straw that made it taste better, turns out it was the lead

• what about the ones that used to be Jelly jars

• Fuck. I guess I should stop drinking from my Thor glass. Every. Single. Night.

• "...it's sterile and i like the taste."

• Oh God, does this mean I can't drink my water out of my favorite Flash and Green Lantern glasses the next time I'm over at my boyfriend's place? NOOOO! Hydration is 150% less fun if I can't have my Toon Tumblers! Also, like many Topless Roboteers, I can't believe that my parents were entirely justified in refusing to buy me these things when I was but a young fangirl. Sigh. If you need me, I'll be off whacking my head repeatedly against the nearest telephone pole in despair.

• Thankfully, I only drink my own urine, straight from the faucet, as it were. Everyone scoffed, but I knew it would eventually pay off.

• Rob, Dr. Abraxas, MD, recommends you bend over and cough. also, what's this nonsense about no FFF this week? think about it - this and Christmas are the best times to post FFF.

• the amount of lead cant be that bad I mean most things I actually drink from a cup I drink out of a silvered pewter chalice that has Smaug as the stem so I guess we all take some risks to be the most awesome dork we can be. I'm still kinda glad my parents never spent the money on these things for me when I was a kid, and by glad I mean still incredibly angry because I wanted them all the time

• CURSE YOU, PINKY AND THE BRAIN BEER MUG!

• Fuck it, I'm ready to die.

• Funny, I thought those Batman Forever glasses were making us sick because Schumacher's residual malice towards Batman fans actually manifested itself into McDonalds merchandising. Turns out it's just lead!

• My ex gave me a set of Muppets glasses from Mcdonalds a few years ago. I wonder now if she knew about the lead issue and was just trying to stick it to me a little more.

• What's that noise? Oh, it's the door to Opportunistic Time-wasting Lawsuits opening...

• I have the Star Trek glasses Burger King gave out for the reboot movie, but I rarely drink from them. I also have a Batman pint glass, but that's for display only.

• Got a bunch of those, just don't ever drink out of them. I like to put them into my statue displays.

• From everything I've read, you'll be fine as long as you didn't actually eat the glasses. If you did, cadmium poisoning is the least of your issues.

• I guess I have to forgive my parents for never buying my brother and I these glasses from McDonalds or Burger King. Damn.

• Brings a whole new meaning to the words 'ancient Chinese secret.' Let the hysteria begin. I welcome our new lead and cadmium overlords.

• Don't lose it. Or know that losing it is also symptom of lead poisoning.

• Is this why those glasses always get a nasty taste/smell to them after you wash them a few times or is that some other contaminant?

• Also I would kill for that Falcon cup... to drink my punch out of.... meme.

• Holy Crap!..... I want that Howard the Duck cup!

• I think I had that Fantastic Four cup! Awesome. Also, AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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