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Risk of injury, suffocation… On the topic of selling dangerous toys for children?

Choking, cutting, strangulation, perforation, chemical hazards… Of the 19 toys purchased on the Temu platform and submitted by Toy Industries of Europe (TIE) to an independent laboratory for testing, 18 posed a real risk to the safety of children, and none of them complied with regulations European Union (EU). “It sends shivers down your spine,” breathes Florent Leroux, president of the French Federation of the Toy Industry.

In the Chinese Temu market, thousands of toys of all colors and for all ages are sold for a few euros. Including hundreds of games for kids. Like this wooden musical rattle – one of the random toys TIE bought – it poses a choking hazard due to small parts flying out during the test, as well as a risk of injury from dangerous tips.

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Source: Le Parisien

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