It has been observed that children are greatly affected by the Disney figurines and deadly kids jewelry like hello kitty during recent shopping period, said American consumer organization (ACO).
The US national research based group showing its concerns in the report “Trouble in Toyland” that, toxic toys are still placed in the shelves of many stores across the US.
However, the recall of around 11 million toys recorded in 2013 indicated that the authorities taking it seriously to prevent health-impacted toys from the stores, said group.
On average, every 25 toys from 100 testing sample contained harmful chemicals for the health. The consumer association has graded the vulnerabilities into different levels such as toxic with high levels of phthalate, lead or chromium, choking hazard and toys which are frequently and can easily be consumed.
The report also found that there were no tags or precautionary measures labeled on popular figurines of Disney’s Show "Doc McStuffins", which can be wrecked and not for swallow.
Other toys characters like sheriff stars were also investigated and figured out that they also contain unnecessary level of toxics that may cause development-dampening. On the other hand, Hello kitty accessories and plastic duck bath also verified to have excessive amount of phthalates that directly hit the reproductive system.
Dora, the craze of every child also investigated and confirmed that up to 200 times of phthalates were found from the allowed level.
Nevertheless, the association of toys has strongly condemned the report and drew attention towards the fact that all the toys strictly passes through testing phases, according to industry standards, before distributed to stores in the US.
Rebecca Mond, the director of government affairs in Toy association enlighten AFP that, “Around one-tenth or one percent of the toys are usually recalled every year from three billion toys put up for the sale in the US.”
As reported by consumer protection authorities in U.S, more than 238 children under 15 years age bracket have been died due to toys from the period of 2001 to 2013, in which 40 percent of the mortality were triggered by asphyxiation.