See "Vitamin C Fruit Orange" and "Original Dried Mango"
Words such as "concentrated milk can" and "freshly ground milk skin".
You'll probably think
They are the name given to snacks and desserts
As a matter of fact
They are all so-called
"Internet celebrity decompression soft clay toy" - "Slime"
Those seductive nicknames
It is the merchants of the online shopping platform for marketing
The packaging of Internet celebrity toys resembles yogurt
Some products have been removed from the shelves
In recent years, the colorful and sweet-smelling "slime" has become a new favorite of children's toys.
There are many different types of "slimes" in terms of feel, and there are many ways to play, including styrofoam, crystal mud, "fake water", etc.
Recently, a blogger posted a video saying that such a food-like packaging can easily cause accidental ingestion.
In the video, there is a styrofoam product that resembles yogurt, and the blogger questioned that "the whole package implies that this is yogurt" and does not indicate that it is a styrofoam product.
The video attracted the attention of netizens. Many netizens said, "If you don't look carefully, you think it's yogurt."
The promotional image of this product has the words "flavored yogurt" written on it, and the cover is painted with yogurt and spoon with an open lid, and only a small line is written on the left and bottom of the package, "This product is not edible, please wash your hands before and after playing".
At present, this product has been removed from the shelves.
"Slime" has been exposed to contain borax
Frequent exposure or triggering allergies
Borax is present in these toys, so they are highly malleable and malleable. However, borax is a toxic chemical, and excessive ingestion can cause multi-organ accumulation poisoning.
Previously, soft clay toys such as "slimes" caused children to be poisoned by mistake.
According to relevant investigation reports, among the four random samples of "slime", the migration of boron exceeded the relevant standard of 300 mg/kg of the European Union, and the highest sample reached nearly three times of the European standard.
In addition, "slime" has a soft texture and sticks to the skin easily, and if an excessive dose of borax is added to it, direct contact with the skin is likely to cause allergies. Once the skin is damaged, the toxic side effects will appear faster and more severe.
According to experts, for adults, the poisoning amount of borax is about 1~3 grams, and the lethal dose is 15 grams; For infants and young children, the lethal dose is 2~3 grams; For children, the lethal dose is 5 grams.
At present, the quality of "slime" toys sold on the market is uneven, and some are only packaged in simple plastic boxes or plastic bottles, without any information on them, which is a typical "three no" products.
In addition, there are many drinks that are packaged like "cola" and "juice".
Searching on the e-commerce platform, it can be found that the sales of "slime" are very high, and some stores even sell more than 10,000 per month.
In the product comment area, you can see that most of them are bought by parents for their children. Some people said that the children had a lot of fun, some people complained that "it is difficult to wash when it sticks to their hands", and some people said that there are problems with the color, texture and packaging of the goods.
Given that children have weak cognitive abilities, parents must supervise and pay attention to if they want to play:
1. Beware of accidental ingestion. Soft clay toys such as "colored mud" and "crystal mud" are very similar to jelly in appearance, and without adult supervision, children are easy to chew or accidentally eat, which may lead to suffocation or other dangers.
2. When children have a lot of sweat on their hands or have wounds on their hands, try not to play with soft clay toys to prevent borax components from migrating into the human body with sweat or wounds.
3. Children should wash their hands in time after using soft clay toys to prevent harmful substances remaining on their hands from being ingested.
Special reminder
Parents when buying toys
Read the product description carefully
Enhance safety awareness and do a good job of supervision
Business operators should assume social responsibility and operate in accordance with the law
Dangerous toys are prohibited from entering the market
Work together to keep the bottom line of the safety of children's and students' supplies
Source | Henan Communist Youth League, CCTV Finance, Guangzhou Daily, Farmer's Daily, Southern Satellite TV, Youth Shandong, netizen comments, etc
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