Toys Made in China
If you’ve bought even one toy in the past five years, this report would not surprise you. Forget that half the toys don’t even work properly, the scary thing is that some may even injure children.
About one in seven toys made in China fail to meet government standards, a report said Thursday, citing calls for better safeguards to protect children - and the country’s reputation as the world’s No. 1 toymaker.
Toys made of wood and plastic had the worst safety record in a survey by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine this year, the state-run newspaper China Daily reported.
China makes about three-quarters of the world’s toys, and its dominant role in the industry has raised worries over lax enforcement of safety standards for the products it makes and the people who make them.
False label information, improper fittings and loose parts were the main hazards. Although fabric and stuffed toys were better, one in seven failed the child safety tests, it said.
Many toy producers put higher-than-required age limits on their toys to skirt stricter safety requirements for toys suited for children younger than 3, the report said.
St. Petersburg Times, May 27, 2005
So now the question is, if these toys can’t even pass China’s safety tests, how many more toys would fail international standards?
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