Cctv newsThe China Consumers Association today issued a warning on children’s toy consumption, reminding parents to be careful of five types of "dangerous toys" injuries.
China Consumers Association invited experts from the Secretariat of the National Toy Standardization Committee to analyze and sort out the injuries caused by common "dangerous toys", and found that the most common injuries caused by dangerous toys are mechanical physical injuries, chemical injuries and injuries caused by misuse of non-toy products. These five types of dangerous toys include:
1. Small toy parts are easy to fall off, and there is danger of swallowing and suffocation.
Small ornaments and accessories, such as buttons and marbles, which are easy to fall off in some unqualified toys, are easy to be swallowed by young children or stuffed into their nostrils, resulting in the risk of swallowing foreign bodies and suffocation. If it is a small part with magnetic material, it will bring further harm once it is eaten by mistake.
According to experts, ifChildren swallowing two or more powerful magnets may cause gastrointestinal perforation or intestinal obstruction, which may be life-threatening in severe cases.
2. Toys have dangerous sharp points and sharp edges, and there is a danger of puncture.
Some inferior toys have sharp edges, sharp points, rough burrs and other protrusions on the surface, or the toy structure is fragile, forming sharp small parts, which are very easy to stab children. For example, a kind of fingerPointed gyroOur products have sharp edges and sharp tips that can be touched, which may cause body scratches, pricks and other injuries.
3. Toys use inferior materials, and there is a danger of chemical pollution.
There are dangerous toys with chemical pollution, such as plush toys filled with unsterilized waste materials, colorful colored mud, dolls made of inferior plastics, etc. Their sanitary conditions and the migration of chemical harmful substances all pose potential dangers to children’s health. Many small shops around schools sell them."crystal mud"Some of them contain more than a certain amount of borax, which may cause chronic poisoning and pose a safety hazard if they enter the human body through children’s oral and skin contact.
4. Non-toy products are used as toys by mistake, resulting in injuries.
Children will use some items in their daily lives as toys, and this kind of improper use hides great danger. Such as children playing by mistake."laser pen"Causing vision loss, and it is common in the family.Water SpiritAlso known asSea baby, bubble beads, water-absorbing shells.. Because it has the functions of absorbing water and retaining water, it is widely used in potted plants and indoor decoration, which may be mistaken for food by children, leading to children swallowing or inhaling it by mistake.
5. Don’t buy and use toys according to their age, which leads to danger.
In China, the labeling and description of toys for children under the age of 14 are mandatory. Children of different ages have great differences in physical development and cognitive ability. Violation of the applicable age limit may pose a threat to children’s safety.
In view of the problems existing in toy consumption, China Consumers Association warned:Do not buy toys without factory name, address and 3C certification mark.Choose suitable products according to your age, and don’t buy "three noes" products in small commodity markets, bazaars and online stores.
Be careful to buy toys that may have small parts that fall off easily. Avoid buying products with scattered parts, small magnetic parts, sharp metal edges and rough burrs. China Consumers Association said that China has implemented a toy recall system, suggesting that consumers find toy safety risks or injury accidents and report them to the Defective Product Management Center of the State Administration of Markets to prevent the harm from expanding. (CCTV reporter Wang Wei)