11-08-2015, 01:50 PM
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Seagulls Beware...
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Join Date: Apr 2013
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Originally Posted by Rex R
the ink they had been using had (I think) excess lead in it. the all white chutes were followed by the transparent red chutes before the current chutes.
Rex
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Originally Posted by tbzep
It was all Estes chutes produced in China. You can search threads here. It was discussed quite a bit, including the super high costs to get every little tiny bit of every kit tested and approved for import.
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Thanks for the replies.
I'm amazed that I somehow managed to not see any of those discussions. I suspected it was Pb causing the problems.
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