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Are the popular toys online really suitable for children? Are the small gifts given away for free by scanning the QR code at the school gate of the school of good quality? Are there any safety hazards in the prizes won by playing games in the amusement park? Recently, after experimental tests by the Defective Product Management Center of the State Administration for Market Regulation, many popular toys have safety hazards. However, what is more worrying is that some toys are still sold in places frequented by children.

Internet celebrity balloons, bamboo dragonflies, hand wheel, water elves, water guns, crystal mud... After reading the "black list", I am afraid that many parents will exclaim: "I have all these toys at home"!

Hidden worry 1

Recalled toys are still hot

Families with children can be seen everywhere in Chaoyang Park on weekends. "Ah, toys!" Not long after entering the children's play area, Ms. Xu's two children cheered and rushed to the toy stalls on the roadside. In the toy shed, there were all kinds of children's toys, such as colorful windmills, boxed puzzles, bubble sticks, bubble guns, plastic dinosaurs, etc. The two children were dazzled for a while.

The elder sister chose a plastic push wheel toy, which had colorful plastic wheels installed under a plastic stick, and three colorful balls on the wheels. As long as you push the wheel forward, the wheel will make a "click-click" sound. The younger brother chose a push airplane toy displayed next to it, which has a similar principle to the push wheel. As long as you push the airplane forward with a plastic stick, the airplane can also make a sound.

Ms. Xu turned the two toys over and over and looked at them carefully for a long time. There was no manufacturer or instructions for use. Only the English words "Made in China" were faintly printed on the bottom of the airplane. Hey, isn't this a three-no product!

In a park near the Third Ring Road, in the children's play area, you can choose a small prize at will by spending 20 yuan to throw a dart or shoot a target. Including transparent bead bracelets, small plastic gyroscopes, small motorcycles, ejection "bamboo dragonflies" and so on. These small prizes are almost all "three-no" products.

Reporters found

Suffocation hazards are everywhere

Are these toys that are popular in the park really safe? Reporters learned that due to safety hazards, the European Union and the United States have issued recall notices for popular toys such as hand push wheels and hand push planes. Among them, the hand push wheel toys recalled by the European Union are exactly the same as the products still sold at the toy stalls in Chaoyang Park.

According to the experimental test of the Defective Product Management Center of the State Administration for Market Regulation, the handle ring of the hand push wheel toy is easy to break and fall off, and can be completely accommodated in the small parts cylinder; the plastic ball on the sample wheel can fall off under a tensile force of 10N and can completely pass through the small ball test template. These small parts are easy to fall off, and young children may put them in their mouths and suffocate.

The push-airplane toys that were recalled in the United States also pose a choking hazard to young children because parts may fall off.

Not only that, the Frozen plastic dolls that were also recalled by the European Union were found to contain too high a level of phthalates, which poses a risk of chemical poisoning to children, according to the results of a Chinese laboratory test. The ejection "bamboo dragonfly" toys in the children's entertainment area of the park have been tested to have high speed and high impact. If they are misused as slingshots by children, they can easily cause personal injury.

Hidden worry 2

"Problematic" toys are given away for free at the school gate

With half an hour left before school was over, the salesmen of various extracurricular training classes had already "enclosed" the kindergarten gate and set up stalls without giving in to each other. "You can register your name and phone number here and get a bamboo dragonfly for free." "Book a trial class and get a cartoon plush hand warmer." "Crystal mud that can blow bubbles, scan the QR code and get it." The campus and kindergarten gates are busier than the vegetable market.

"The quality of the free toys distributed at the kindergarten gate every day is really very poor. In the summer, we distributed the kind of plastic bamboo dragonflies in the Doraemon cartoons. The leaves were as sharp as knives, and some children in the community scratched their faces when playing with them; the crystal mud that can blow bubbles, when you open the package, there is a pungent smell. Children hold the straw in their mouths to blow, and we are particularly afraid that they will accidentally suck it into their mouths; the plastic whistle pens distributed, children hold them in their mouths every day to blow, we are particularly worried, we don't know what material they are made of, and we think it is really unsafe and unhygienic." Xiao Yuan's mother said helplessly that she had reminded the elderly in the family many times not to give the children free toys at the school gate, but the elderly did not take it seriously at all, thinking that other children had received them and there was no problem playing for a while.

Reporters found

Crystal mud borax exceeds the standard too seriously

According to the monitoring of the Defective Product Management Center of the State Administration for Market Regulation, in recent years, there have been many kinds of "mud" toys such as "crystal mud" and "slime". But for "mud" toys, borax, which is extremely harmful to human health, is one of the necessary raw materials for making them. Excessive intake in a short period of time will cause symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, depression, convulsions, skin flushing, and circulatory failure. If excessive intake is taken for a long time, it will cause cumulative poisoning of multiple organs, causing damage to organs such as the liver, kidneys, brain, and lungs. The test results of 10 finished "crystal mud" products randomly purchased on the market showed that the boron content of 8 products exceeded 300mg/kg, and the highest one reached 1336mg/kg, far exceeding the safety limit of boron content in various countries.

In addition, some "bamboo dragonfly" toy products sold on the market have unreasonable designs, which often cause children to get scratched in the eyes or faces while playing. Therefore, it is recommended that parents try not to buy or play with "bamboo dragonflies" designed as leaves for children. It is recommended to buy or play with "bamboo dragonflies" toy products designed as ring-shaped leaves.

Hidden worry 3

"Internet celebrity balloons" sell 6,000 sets per month

Transparent balloons are filled with cartoon characters or a few feathers, and the LED light strips wrapped around the body can also emit a dreamy light. In recent years, balloons that can glow at night have frequently appeared on the streets and instantly became "Internet celebrities". Some parents buy them online as new toys and give them home to their children. The reporter saw in an online store that the price of 5 sets of "Internet celebrity balloons" was 19 yuan. This seller, which showed that the place of shipment was Beijing, sold more than 6,000 sets of "Internet celebrity balloons" on average per month.

In the comment area, the reporter saw that many children who were waving balloons in their hands were even babies who could not walk. Some children directly bit the glowing support sticks of the balloons with their mouths, and some children directly pressed their faces and foreheads tightly against the surface of the balloons. "It's fragile and easy to break." "It's bad. It will burst if it's not blown up very big." Many buyers who received the goods complained about the quality of the products in the comment area, and the balloons were easy to burst and the parts were damaged.

The reporter found that

The consequences of balloons exploding are disastrous

Are "Internet celebrity balloons" really suitable as toys for children? The Defective Product Management Center of the State Administration for Market Regulation reminds that "Internet celebrity balloons" are mostly made of plastic. Once they come into contact with high-temperature heat sources (such as stoves) or open flames (such as lighters), the balloons may explode. When balloons explode, they will produce irritating and toxic gases, which may cause burns and other injuries to the human respiratory tract. Because the light belt on the balloon is relatively simple to wrap around, once the balloon is deflated, the light belt will easily fall off and be put around the child's neck, causing a neck-wrapped danger to the child.

Therefore, do not take balloons in cars, subways, elevators, etc. Once an explosion occurs, the impact force of the enclosed space will be very large. When playing with balloons, stay away from fire, heat sources and sharp objects, and do not use lighters to burn the traction line of the balloon to prevent the balloon from suddenly bursting or exploding. Children should play with such balloons under the supervision of their parents. It is best not to buy such balloons when the weather is hot, because high temperatures are more likely to cause balloons to explode. At the same time, when buying balloons, carefully check whether there are cracks on the surface and connection points of the balloons.

Reminder

Some gadgets are not suitable for children to play with

In fact, many seemingly interesting toys or some "Internet celebrity toys" are not suitable for children to play with. Some toys have even repeatedly caused child injuries.

For example, in recent years, the emerging Internet celebrity product "magnet pen", in addition to the normal writing function, has magnets embedded at both ends of the pen, plus matching steel balls, and can achieve a variety of combined play methods by magnetic attraction. However, according to the public opinion monitoring of the Defective Product Management Center of the State Administration for Market Regulation, there are quite a few such magnet injury cases, and most of them occur in children aged around 1 to 10 years old. If these small parts enter the trachea, they will cause the risk of suffocation; if they enter the digestive tract, they will cause vomiting and abdominal pain at the mildest, and gastrointestinal damage at the worst; especially when two or more magnets are swallowed, the magnets will absorb each other through the gastrointestinal wall in the digestive system, which may cause gastrointestinal perforation or intestinal obstruction.

The common "water elves" on the market, also called "water-absorbing bullets" by boys, are a kind of bead-shaped water-absorbing resin, which was widely used in potted plants and interior decoration in the past. Some merchants take advantage of this feature and package them as toys for sale, and even make water bullet guns with water elves as bullets. However, after the water elves enter the respiratory tract, they absorb water and swell, which may block the respiratory tract and cause suffocation; after entering the digestive tract, they absorb water and swell, which may cause intestinal obstruction and intestinal dilatation. According to the staff of the center, there are injury cases showing that when children play with water elves, the fragments of the water elves stick to their fingers. When rubbing their eyes with their hands, the fragments of the water elves will scratch the eyeballs, causing lens infection and possible blindness. There have been many similar injury accidents in China.

Please check when buying toys

What should you pay attention to when buying toys for your children? The staff of the Defective Product Management Center of the State Administration for Market Regulation hereby reminds parents:

When buying or playing toys for young children, be sure to check whether the small parts in the toys are too small, and whether the small parts fixed on the toys are secure, so as to avoid the risk of suffocation caused by children swallowing small parts;

Check whether there are sharp edges or sharp points in the toys to prevent children from being scratched or stabbed during play;

Check whether there are dangerous gaps in the toys to prevent children from being pinched;

In addition, try not to buy toys without factory name and address labels.

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