Web Site Guides Parents About Dangerous Toys
David Goodhue – AHN Reporter Chicago, IL (AHN) – A public advocacy group has created a Web site that parents can use while shopping to research dangerous toys. The Illinois Public Interest Group designed the site, www.toysafety.mobi, as a guide that can be researched by smart phone as toy buyers shop or by their personal computers before they venture out this holiday season. The Chicago Sun-Times cites the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s latest report revealing that toy-related injuries sent more than 82,000 children under 5 years old to the emergency room in 2008. Nineteen children died that year from accidents involving toys. The website deals with three categories – toys that may pose choking hazards, toys that are excessively loud and toys that contain the toxic chemicals lead and phthalates. For more information, go to the Website at illinoispirg.org. Article © AHN – All Rights Reserved
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