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Aug 29, 2018 · These hazardous toys, games, and novelties have caused serious injuries or even death. Magnetic pieces can lead to intestinal damage, while other pieces pose a choking hazard.
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A Dangerous Toy (originally titled Il giocattolo) is a 1979 Italian noir drama-thriller film written and directed by Giuliano Montaldo. It was co-produced by Sergio Leone. The toy of the title is a gun. The film chronicles how a frustrated and shy accountant may become a cruel and ruthless executioner.
May 21, 2024 · 1. CSI Fingerprint Analysis Kit. Young gumshoe brushing asbestos off fingerprints. It was every budding household sleuth’s dream — to be able to prove, through rigorous scientific analysis, that the fingerprints on the empty Oreo package weren’t theirs. In 2007, with the help of the CSI Fingerprint Analysis Kit, they finally had the tools.
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- Toys with ribbons and strings. In the US back in 2016, there were over 174,000 toy-related injuries to kids under the age of 15. One of the most common injuries were choking and suffocation caused by toys with strings.
- Toys with sharp points and edges. Toys that easily break, like glass or plastic-based toys, fall under this category. Poorly constructed wooden and metal toys can also have sharp edges that could injure a child.
- Toys with small parts. While most toys come with warning labels against choking hazards, mums and dads should still be careful. Even age-appropriate toys can have detachable parts that could easily get stuck in a child’s nose, ears, or throat.
- Toys that make loud noises. They might not be choking hazards, but these toys pose dangers to your child’s hearing. Make sure to test toys to know if they are within the safe noise level for kids.
- Lawn Darts
- Trampolines
- Slip ‘N Slide
- Lead-Painted Toys
- “Gun Fighter” Toy Cork Gun
- Atomic Laboratory Kits
- Zulu Toy Gun
In the 1970s and much of the ‘80s, kids throwing deadly projectiles around the backyard was considered good, clean fun. Lawn darts, or Jarts, were a sort of a cross between traditional pub darts and horseshoes that involved players tossing large, weighted metal darts with plastic fins up in the air to try to hit targets placed at specific distances...
Trampoline: The word that strikes fear into the heart of every insurance-paying homeowner. But long before these bouncy platforms could be found in suburban backyards, they came to life in the brain of 16-year-old gymnast George Nissen, who became fascinated with the safety nets used under the trapeze after he visited a circus in 1930. He attempted...
During the summer of 1960, Robert Carrier returned home from work to find that his son and some friends had turned the hose on their painted concrete driveway, creating a rudimentary waterslide on the sloped surface. Convinced they were going to hurt themselves on the concrete, Carrier soon constructed a similar setup out of some vinyl-coated boat ...
Victorian kids had it pretty rough to begin with—according to the BBC, kids in 1850s England and Wales had a 25 percent chance of dying before reaching the age of 5. That astronomical mortality rate can be attributed to a lot of things, including several cholera outbreaks. But toys coated in lead paint certainly didn’t help matters—and if their toy...
In 1976 and ‘77, Eagle Family Discount Stores in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama offered the “Gun Fighter” Toy Cork Gun for the bargain price of just $1.27. Of course, kids are known for dismantling things, so it didn’t take long for them to discover that they could remove the muzzle from the gun barrel and then take off the protective plastic plunge...
Lead toys seem downright quaint when you consider that one of the main components of the Gilbert Atomic Energy Lab toy was uranium.Released in 1950, the kit provided kids with everything they needed to conduct more than 150 experiments—including four types of uranium ore and beta-alpha, beta, and gamma radiation sources. Fun instruments that came i...
It’s hard to know where to start with the number of things wrong with the “Zulu Toy Gun,” sold in the late 1960s, but how about this quotefrom an ad for the toy: “A slight puff into gun and arrow shoots with hurricane speed.” Not only did children load dangerous projectiles like needles into the gun, they also had a tendency to inhale deeply before...
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Press Release with Nominees Print Nominees with Toy Photos View 2022 Slideshow of Toys www.toysafety.org Contact: Dominic Amenta | DPA Communications dominic@dpacommunications.com | 781.789.5074 W.A.T.C.H. REVEALS ITS 50th ANNUAL 2022 NOMINEES FOR THE “10 WORST TOYS” THIS HOLIDAY SEASON 50th Annual Report Cautions Parents: Beware of the Danger
Press Release with Nominees Print Nominees with Toy Photos View 2021 Slideshow of Toys Media Contacts: Dominic Amenta, Lisa Bell | DPA Communications dominic@dpacommunications.com lisa@dpacommunications.com 781.789.5074 | 617.304.3836 Speakers: Joan E. Siff, President; James A. Swartz, Director Date/ Time: Wednesday, November 17, 2021, 10:00 a.m. ET Location: Franciscan Children’s ...
