Safety First, Avoid Recalls
23rd July 2009 by Babies No CommentsWhen you shop for toys for children, it is necessary to make sure that you know which toys are safe to buy and which ones are not safe. Some toys have been recalled but the stores would not stop selling them them. If you have not kept up with the news and the toy recall list, then you might purchase some great looking toys that your children will play with all the time but they may contain some harmful materials. You need to be very careful when purchasing toddlers toys or toys for babies in particular because even a tiny amount of dangerous substance in toys can harm them.
It is disturbing that dangerous toys are still sold in stores all across the nation, despite new laws that are supposed to protect kids from harmful toys. Toy safety is a big problem that parents are losing sleep over. Although most of the toys on store shelves are safe, there continues to be a significant number of toys that are too dangerous for small children. Therefore, parents and child care providers need to exercise care in order to avoid toy-related deaths and injuries. With more knowledge, the scope of unsafe toys has been widened to include previously thought of as safe toys such as those labeled as phthalate-free. Bear in mind that even some products labeled phthalate-free contain the dangerous chemical.
Although manufacturers of toys should act fast to recall unsafe products and also provide parents all the information they need so that they will be informed enough to purchase toys that are safe for their children, some of them don’t. You will no doubt have heard of many toy recalls on TV but there are a lot more toy recalls that are not published. As a result, parents may not be aware that they are unsafe to use or buy. The Consumer Product Safety Commission, the agency charged with keeping toys and other products safe, have released alerts and information on toy safety but there are still lots of manufacturers that are not doing anything and still sell toys laden with toxic substances. The Consumer Product Safety Commission cannot do much about existing toys that are already out on the shelves.
If you think you have a toxic, toxic and dangerous toy or any unsafe product, you should report the incident to the CPSC by calling a toll-free Consumer Hotline at 800-638-2772 (TTY 800-638-8270).
