Beware of Toy Recalls When Shopping for Toys
When you shop for children’s toys, it is necessary to know which of the toys that you are considering are safe to buy for your children and which ones are not. Some toys on the shelves have been recalled but the stores would not quit selling them them. If you are not up to date with the toy recall list, then you might purchase some good looking toys that your kids will love but they may turn out to contain some harmful materials. You need to be careful when purchasing toddlers toys or anything for babies in particular because a small amount of dangerous material in toys can harm them.
It is a disturbing fact that harmful toys are still sold in stores everywhere, despite emerging new laws that are put in place to protect children from toxic toys. Toy safety is a major problem that parents are losing sleep over. While most of the toys on store shelves are safe, there continues to be some toys that pose a range of safety hazards to small kids. With that in mind, parents and other child-care providers need to remain vigilant in order to prevent toy-related deaths and injuries. With more tests and more scientific discoveries, the scope of unsafe toys has been widened to include previously considered to be safe toys such as those labeled as phthalate-free. It is true that even some products labeled phthalate-free can contain the dangerous chemical.
Although manufacturers of toys should act fast to recall unsafe products and also make it available for parents the information they need so that they will be informed enough to purchase safe toys for their kids, some of them don’t. You might have heard of many toy recalls on TV but there are a lot more toy recalls that you may not have heard of. As a result, parents do not know that they are unsafe to use or buy. The Consumer Product Safety Commission, the agency charged with keeping toys and other products safe, have published alerts and information on toy safety but there are still lots of manufacturers that are not doing anything and continue to sell toys laden with toxic materials. The Consumer Product Safety Commission cannot do much about existing toys that are already out on the shelves.
If you think you have a hazardous 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).