New York schoolchildren will now and forever be safe from “toxic urinal cakes,” thanks to a bill passed in the state legislature this week that bans such cleaning devices from the state’s schools. The new law is meant to crack down on the toxic fumes that often result from urinal cakes made from the disinfectant paradichlorobenzene. So the kids will be all right, provided they don’t eat the cakes.
The bill originally called for the toilet accoutrements to be banned statewide, but “after negotiations,” the sponsor agreed to limit the ban just to the schools. Which means that, yes, somebody must have been lobbying for toxicity in urinal cakes.
Posted by Stephen Silver at June 17, 2004 05:59 PM