| The number of recalls issued by toy manufacturers is | | | | stuck between the back of the seat and the side |
| staggering. Today there seems to be little attention | | | | table attached to the chair, which could cause the |
| and thought in the design of children's toys, other | | | | child's neck to become stuck as well and posed a |
| than to make them as cheaply as possible. The | | | | strangulation hazard. |
| design level is certainly lacking the element of making | | | | 5. Mattel Polly Pocket magnetic play sets |
| safety first. It is apparent the parents or those | | | | Mattel Inc. recalled 4.4 million "Polly Pocket magnetic |
| buying the toys are purchasing them without the | | | | play sets" after they found out that three children |
| knowledge of reading the box which will say "Parts | | | | had been hospitalized with serious injuries after |
| that can cause a choking accident". We have to be | | | | swallowing tiny magnets which fell off of the toys. |
| more vigilant in the supervision of children and look to | | | | 6. Mega Brands Inc. "Magnetix Magnetic Building Sets" |
| see if a situation is life threatening. | | | | 3.8 million of these Magnetix sets were recalled after |
| Here is a list of a few products that have been listed | | | | a 19-month old, and three other children were injured |
| on the top ten list of recalls: | | | | from parts of the toy, one fatally. The magnets |
| 1. Toy Mobile Phones Recalled for Choking Hazard | | | | were distributed loose in the box and were fairly |
| International Playthings Inc., of Parsippany, N.J. recalled | | | | small. If swallowed, several of them could |
| 50,500 iPlay "My First Mobile Phones". The toy | | | | magnetically bond together inside the digestive track |
| phone's yellow antenna could detach and posed a | | | | and cause serious blockage. |
| choking hazard to young children. | | | | 7. Riding Toys |
| 2. Next Marketing Inc. Recalls Youth Hooded Fleece | | | | There were 20 toy-related deaths and 152,400 |
| with Drawstring for Strangulation Hazard | | | | toy-related injuries involving children under age 15. |
| Next Marketing Inc., of Wabash, Ind. recalled 22,000 | | | | Although no deaths occurred, The majority of injuries |
| Youth Hooded Fleeces with Drawstrings. The | | | | were sustained from riding toys. |
| drawstring, which went through the hood of the | | | | 8. KFC Tangled Treeples Toy |
| fleece, posed a strangulation hazard to children. In | | | | These toys came with KFC kids meals in June and |
| February 1996, CPSC issued guidelines to help | | | | July of 2000. The container the toys came in could fit |
| prevent children from strangling or getting entangled | | | | over a child's nose and mouth, posing a suffocation |
| on the neck and waist by drawstrings in upper | | | | hazard to children. |
| garments, such as jackets and sweatshirts. | | | | 9. Playskool Toy Tool Bench |
| 3. Simplicity Cribs | | | | Playskool voluntarily recalled this toy after it resulted |
| After the death of a 19-month baby in Myrtle Creek, | | | | in the death of two toddlers. |
| Ore., the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission | | | | 10. Children's Cooking Sets |
| and Simplicity Inc., of Reading Pa., renewed their | | | | A popular Children's Cooking Set was recalled |
| search for recalled Aspen 3 in 1 Cribs with Graco | | | | because the glass lids were considered a laceration |
| logos. The child died on Jan. 6, 2006, after two of | | | | Hazard. |
| the mattress support slats came out of his recalled | | | | When it comes to children, toy manufacturers need |
| crib. The infant was trapped between the mattress | | | | to think safety first. Children are vulnerable and need |
| and the foot board of the crib and suffocated. | | | | constant supervision, but parents have learned to |
| 4. Fisher-Price Infant Musical Toy ChairHazard | | | | depend on and trust the judgment of companies like |
| Fisher-Price, one of the most well-known toy | | | | Playskool and Fisher Price. Like it or not, those |
| manufacturers in the world, voluntarily recalled about | | | | companies have, at least in the opinion of this writer, |
| 614,000 Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn & Trade Musical | | | | a responsibility that is inherent to the industry they've |
| Learning Chairs. It was possible for a child to get | | | | chosen. |