Portal latinoamericano de toxicología
Toxic toys
4 September, 2007
LATIN AMERICA: Careful with the Toys. IPS, Aug. 30, 2007
Between one-quarter and half of the toys in the hands of girls and boys in many Latin American countries are contraband items and many contain substances that are dangerous to human health.Government authorities fight the health risks of toys with regular — but insufficient –inspections, but the problem is not limited to smuggled items, as became evident when the world’s top toy manufacturer, Mattel, recently recalled tens of thousands of toys in the region. [ See ]. See related notice: Mattel toys’ lead was 180 times the limit
Between one-quarter and half of the toys in the hands of girls and boys in many Latin American countries are contraband items and many contain substances that are dangerous to human health.Government authorities fight the health risks of toys with regular — but insufficient –inspections, but the problem is not limited to smuggled items, as became evident when the world’s top toy manufacturer, Mattel, recently recalled tens of thousands of toys in the region. [ See ]. See related notice: Mattel toys’ lead was 180 times the limit
