Say whaaat?
By Amber
@AmbiePam (102461)
United States
September 5, 2025 8:50am CST
So I was looking at something offered to me for free. It didn’t appeal to me, but I was reading more about the product, and it said at one point, not even in capital letters, that it can cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm. Say what? This was sold on Amazon, and was not even a food or liquid (of any sort)! What are people doing? What are people buying? No way everyone who buys that will read that information. They’re going to trust Amazon isn’t knowingly selling cancerous items.
Spoiler Alert: I didn’t take it.
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15 responses

@snowy22315 (195558)
• United States
17h
Now I am curious what kind of product was this?
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@snowy22315 (195558)
• United States
14h
@AmbiePam They shouldn't even be sold if they potentially cause serious problems.. Sheesh!
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@Fleura (32487)
• United Kingdom
22m
@snowy22315 Many everyday items contain poisonous substances, in most cases it's all about the dosage. Even foods have 'allowable limits' of pesticides and things like that which are known to cause serious harm at high doses.
@GardenGerty (165642)
• United States
6h
It is good to be careful and read the fine print. You never know what you will find or be exposed to.
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@xstitcher (35424)
• Petaluma, California
10h
Jeez. I love those commercials for "medications" of one sort or another where the announcer says really quickly after the commercial's ending....
"Don't take (medication name) if you are allergic to it (how do you know if you've never taken it!?). May cause cancer, blindness, inability to think, paralyzation, depression, loss of limb function...call your doctor if anything of this sort happens." (okay, maybe they don't describeall that, but it may as well be). I remember turning to my Mom after one of those commercials and saying, "Gee, I really want to go run out and take that."
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@LindaOHio (199862)
• United States
11h
You have to be ever vigilant when buying things online.
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@allknowing (152987)
• India
8h
It is time people read about the product I do that and many proudcts have side effects.
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@Tampa_girl7 (53351)
• United States
18h
It is unreal. I recently saw a jump rope that had warnings like this. 

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@Marilynda1225 (86105)
• United States
17h
Wow that's really scary and Im probably guilty of not reading all the information on certain things.
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@Deepizzaguy (113739)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
9h
I would avoid any product that is sold on Amazon claiming to be free and with reports of cancer if used.
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@Fleura (32487)
• United Kingdom
14h
I was very curious, I looked for 'blue marble record book' and sure enough as you say, on Amazon there it was, with the warning right in the description. I wonder what the actual chemical(s) is/are? Presumably they only cause harm at higher concentrations or if you ingest them or something like that.
Apparently California Proposition 65 typically includes substances commonly found in plastics, inks, pigments, or adhesives used in book covers or bindings.So that covers a whole lot of 'everyday' items.
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