The harm of magnet toys to children

In fact, magnetic science and educational toys are creative and innovative toy gifts that allow children to create various models according to their imagination. It can train hands, brain, thinking and creativity, stimulate curiosity and imagination, develop logical thinking ability and scientific thinking ability, and cultivate creativity, perception and concentration. Good parents toys. When buying magnetic toys, we should go to regular stores or websites and choose magnetic toys with formal packaging according to the age of children. When children play with toys, parents should do a good job of safety education. Children under 6 years of age are advised to play with their parents.

In 2006, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) urgently ordered the recall of Mag-netix magnetic building blocks in the United States. Magnetically assembled building blocks are said to be educational toys and are very popular in the US market after they were put into the market in September 2003. Safety accidents occur because children tend to eat small beads on magnetic toys by mistake, because they are magnets and eat more than two beads by mistake. These objects attract each other through the intestinal wall, leading to fatal intestinal perforation or obstruction.

The big bold character "No Entry" on the packaging of magnetic toys

At present, the domestic market also finds that toys with similar magnetic assemblies are being sold. On the children's toy counters of shopping malls and supermarkets, building blocks with similar magnetic assemblies can be seen in prominent positions. Magnetite tiles sell well in Hangzhou, but there are obvious signs for domestic products. Pick up the packaging of any brand of toys and you can see the warning "Suitable for children and adults over 36 months". The outer packing of magnetic rod building blocks is marked in bold letters in some places, "When children's toys, it is strictly forbidden to put steel balls or magnetic rods in their mouths." In addition, a warning cartoon "Don't put it in your mouth" was attached to the package.

In fact, this kind of toy can exercise children's intelligence and practical ability. The common characteristics of these toys are made of small steel beads and plastic rods and embedded in small magnetic strips in plastic rods. It can be adsorbed on small steel beads or other plastic rods, and then spliced into various geometric shapes and models through some auxiliary materials. Most of the materials used are polyethylene, Nd-Fe-B magnets and metal balls. But if you eat it wrong, it does bring danger. As a result, the appropriate population has increased to "children over six years of age".

According to Miss Zhong of the commercial management department of a shopping mall in Hangzhou, as early as October 1, 2004, the State has mandatorily promulgated the National Toy Safety Technical Specification (GB6675-2003). The standard classifies toys according to children's age and self-care ability. For children under 3 years of age, the volume of toy parts should not be less than the safety standard with special instruments. For toys for children over three years old, the easy-to-eat part must also be clearly marked. "As long as the authorities concerned confirm that the toys are dangerous, we must remove the cabinets at the first time."

Magnetic toys are not suitable for all ages

China's "toy safety" national standards require magnets and magnetic components to prevent magnetic materials or components from being swallowed by children. At the same time, magnetic and electrical products for children over 8 years of age will be required to be marked with a warning: "Warning!" These toys contain small specifications of powerful magnets and are not suitable for children under 8 years old to use alone.

Taobao has a toy store called "Strawberry Wood Play Store". A wooden magnetic vegetable and fruit music toy costs 176 yuan, with a monthly turnover of more than 4320, with a cumulative valuation of more than 11,000 yuan. Most buyers are evaluated in terms of color, workmanship, taste, attractiveness and smoothness. No one mentioned its safety performance and was suitable for children of several years old. In the detailed introduction of the toy, the applicable age of the toy was specified as "over three years old". "Can a 3-year-old play?" The reporter asked. The merchant replies, "Of course, one-year-old children have no problem playing, the materials we use are safe." But for the safety of the magnet itself, the other side says that parents should take good care of it, even if they eat it, it will be pulled out, the problem is not big.

In a stationery store next to an experimental primary school, reporters saw a digital magnetic disc selling for only 39 yuan, marked "children over three years old". "Toys are like this in pediatrics. Children of two or three years old play well. Older children don't like to play anymore. Children over eight don't like it!" Shopkeepers said the toys had warned: "The gadgets are suffocating and not suitable for children under three years old to play with." Adults must be present to monitor the use of toys. Generally speaking, there will be no problem.

Children's safety awareness needs to be improved

Before many primary schools in China, there were toy shops and snacks for small customers, many of which were easily eaten by children's toys. In a toy store near Shihuqiao Road, we met several children from Anji Road Primary School and Yangtze Experimental Primary School. They rushed to pick a Japanese cartoon character "Juncao" toy smaller than an adult's thumb. When asked if it was safe to play with toys, a little boy named Lu Lu scorned and said, "I went to school. Where can I eat as long as I run fast when I set off firecrackers?"

According to some parents, a "digital baby" magnet toy is widely circulated between kindergarten and junior high school students.

Shopkeepers told reporters that they usually buy toys for older children who have gone to school, while younger children are accompanied by their parents.