Toy Safety Hazards | What Makes a Toy Dangerous
Recently, I read an email about a list of dangerous toys published by the non-profit organization World Against Toys Causing Harm, Inc., or W.A.T.C.H. This list of ten toys is published annually around the holidays.
W.A.C.T.H. also publishes a standing list of toy safety hazards, which describe features of a toy that can make it particularly dangerous.
Toy Hazards to avoid include:
- Secondhand toys sold over the Internet, since they often lack packaging and packaging inserts that contain warnings, directions, or other safety information.
- Battery operated toys for children under 8, since batteries may leak or overheat and explode.
- Toys with fur or hair, which can be ingested and cause choking.
- Toys with small, easily removed attachments, which can present choking hazards.
- Projectile toys and toys that shoot since they can cause eye injuries that may lead to blindness.
- Toys with pointed tips or sharp edges because there is a chance off a child cutting himself or herself.
- Toys with strings longer than 6 inches, since a young child could wrap the cord around his or her neck and choke.
- Toys designed to be strung between or across two cribs or playpens, since these toys present choking hazards.
- Toys that are marketed with other products or product lines, since they often do not come with instructions, age recommendations, or warnings.
- Toys which are flammable and may ignite when placed near flame.
- Realistic looking toy guns and other weapons, which may promote violence.
- Electrical and electronic toys, because the stepdown transistors may malfunction and cause injury.
- Toys with small parts, which can present choking hazards.
- Toys with long handles since children under 4 have a tendency to put the handles in their mouths and choke.
- Toys with toxic substances or components since a child may ingest a part of it or may develop a rash. A common example of this are home makeup kits that contain ferrocyanide, a known poison.
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