Rather than putting in the entire article, I'm going to just put the link to Snopes.com about it. It is dated 2007, but I still see flipflops there that appear to be the same, so might be worth checking them before you buy.
www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/flipflop.asp
This is pretty frightening!!
Ok I looked at the pics of that girls poor feet - OMG yeah that is bad, really bad. Thanks for the info, I'm a sandal girl and living in FL I have lots of flip flops so I'll keep my eye out for these. not only Walmart but alot of times you see other stores like Marshals or TJMaxx sell some of there "left over" stock. So yep I'll remember these and stay away....
WOW! That is pretty horrendous, actually no it's really horrendous, thanks for the heads up!
Between Chicago & Milwaukee
...not to worry -- unless your sandals are two years old.