Buying for Kids? Avoid Recalls!
August 17th, 2009 at 02:56pm Under General
When you shop for children’s toys, it is important to make sure that you know which toys are safe to buy for your kids and which ones are dangerous. Many toys in stores have been recalled but the stores continue to shelf them. If you have not been keeping up with the news and the toy recall list, then you could purchase some nice toys that your children will love but these toys might contain some harmful materials. You need to be very careful when buying toddlers toys or things for babies especially because even a small amount of dangerous substance present in toys can be very harmful to them.
It is a disturbing fact that hazardous toys continue to be sold in stores nationwide, despite multiple laws that are supposed to protect kids from hazardous toys. Toy safety is a major problem that parents worry about daily. While most of the toys on store shelves are considered safe, there continues to be a significant number of toys that pose a range of safety hazards to small children. Therefore, parents and child care providers need to exercise care in order to avoid injuries or deaths resulting from toy related issues. With more information, the scope of unsafe toys has been widened to include toys that were considered safe such as those labeled as phthalate-free. Bear in mind that even some products labeled phthalate-free may contain the dangerous chemical.
Although toy manufacturers should quickly recall unsafe products and provide parents the necessary information they need to allow them to purchase toys that are safe for their children, some of them just do not. You will have heard of many toy recalls on TV but there are many more toy recalls that you may not be aware of. Therefore, parents do not know that they are unsafe to use or buy. The government agency charged with keeping toys safe called The Consumer Product Safety Commission have published alerts and information on toy safety but there are still many manufacturers that ignoring warnings and still sell toys laden with toxic materials such as phthalates. The Consumer Product Safety Commission cannot do much about existing toys that are already out on the shelves.
If you think that you have a toxic, toxic and dangerous toy or any product that is unsafe, you need report the incident to the CPSC by calling a toll-free Consumer Hotline at 800-638-2772 (TTY 800-638-8270).
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