CPSC Recalls 'Shrek'

Glasses being sold at McDonald's featuring cute characters from the new movie Shrek Forever After come with an unfortunate bonus ingredient, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission: Cadmium.

As a result, the Associated Press reports, McDonald's is recalling 12 million of the souvenir glasses.

Cadmium, a type of metal, is a known carcinogen. It is used to create red and yellow colors in paint. The CPSC says "a very small amount of cadmium" might rise to the surface of the glasses, get on children's hands, and end up in their mouths. The agency says the glasses have a lot less cadmium than it recently found in certain brands of children's metal jewelry, but officials are erring on the side of caution.