Toy Recalls: Consumer advocates in Oregon are sounding the alarm about the dangers posed by recalled toys just as holiday shopping gets underway.
According to the findings of research conducted by the United States Public Interest Research Group, many of the toys that had been removed from store shelves could still be purchased online, including on Facebook and eBay. They forecast that more products will need to be recalled this year than in any year prior to 2014, including that one.
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Toys are responsible for about 200,000 emergency room visits each year in the United States, the vast majority of which are connected to accidents sustained by children. Concerns regarding safety include the presence of sharp edges, hazardous substances, and choking dangers. In the state of Oregon, Jesse Lawrence-Weilmann works with OSPIRG.
“Families, toy producers, merchants, regulators, and consumer advocates all need to step up their efforts to ensure the safety of our children.”
According to Lawrence-Weilmann, parents should examine the toys their children play with before allowing them to be used. He also urged customers to be on the lookout for counterfeit goods, which do not have to comply with safety requirements in the United States.
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If a popular toy is hard to come by and then all of a sudden you find it online at a price that is far lower than it ought to be, parents ought to do some digging into the matter.
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