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2026-10-12 12:57:37 UTC

abadidea on Nostr: So, this silly recall is real, and it’s because the sand filling is contaminated ...

So, this silly recall is real, and it’s because the sand filling is contaminated with asbestos. How did I verify that? well, not simply by going to gov.uk like the announcement says!

The front page of gov.uk does not have a header for “recalls”, “product safety” or anything of the sort. Okay, but there is a search box. So I entered “recall”. And yes, it brought up a recalls page featuring several toys, but not this one.

On that page is a subtle link to the real, full list, that I completely missed despite actively trying to verify that these malevolent poison gnomes are real; I had to backtrack to google to find a deep link. Terrible web design, 1/10, gov dot uk was designed by a murder gnome.

https://www.gov.uk/product-safety-alerts-reports-recalls/product-recall-primark-halloween-gonks-2610-0004