Unsafe Toys Sold on Children's Day in China
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November 20th is Universal Children's Day. June 1st, however, is the day the Communist Regime in China celebrates its own Children's Day. Many people are buying glass marbles, kaleidoscopes, cartoon seals and Superman's masks. But those items could be unsafe for children to play with. Here's more.
It's Children's Day in China, and parents are buying gifts for their little ones. May 29th marked a peak of sales for toys in Shanghai's Jinshan District, state-run media reported. But, according to the regime's own safety watchdog, one out of ten toys sold in China are not safe.
In a random survey of eight provinces, 20 out of every 242 toys were found to be substandard. Still the director of the Mechanics Institute under Fujian Academy of Quality and Technical Supervision tried to downplay the results.
[Chen Wei, Director of Mechanics Institute under Fujian Academy of Quality and Technical Supervision]:
"We randomly checked 242 batches and only three of them failed in the content of heavy metal. This passing rate is rather high, at 98.7 percent."
Heavy metals that could kill—and Chen wasn't taking into consideration the other factors that can also make toys deadly. The South Asian Quality Assurance System, listed the other reasons for toy failures such as "easily swallowable parts," "sharp corners" as well as "excessive amounts of heavy metals such as lead and cadmium." If a child would ingest these, it could mean death.
Despite the negative findings, the regime's State Administration of Quality and Technology Supervision announced on Tuesday "China's standards for toys are not lower than international standards."
But even if standards in China are as high as in other countries, the regime is known for not enforcing them. So unsafe toys are still being put on store shelves.
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November 20th is Universal Children's Day. June 1st, however, is the day the Communist Regime in China celebrates its own Children's Day. Many people are buying glass marbles, kaleidoscopes, cartoon seals and Superman's masks. But those items could be unsafe for children to play with. Here's more.
It's Children's Day in China, and parents are buying gifts for their little ones. May 29th marked a peak of sales for toys in Shanghai's Jinshan District, state-run media reported. But, according to the regime's own safety watchdog, one out of ten toys sold in China are not safe.
In a random survey of eight provinces, 20 out of every 242 toys were found to be substandard. Still the director of the Mechanics Institute under Fujian Academy of Quality and Technical Supervision tried to downplay the results.
[Chen Wei, Director of Mechanics Institute under Fujian Academy of Quality and Technical Supervision]:
"We randomly checked 242 batches and only three of them failed in the content of heavy metal. This passing rate is rather high, at 98.7 percent."
Heavy metals that could kill—and Chen wasn't taking into consideration the other factors that can also make toys deadly. The South Asian Quality Assurance System, listed the other reasons for toy failures such as "easily swallowable parts," "sharp corners" as well as "excessive amounts of heavy metals such as lead and cadmium." If a child would ingest these, it could mean death.
Despite the negative findings, the regime's State Administration of Quality and Technology Supervision announced on Tuesday "China's standards for toys are not lower than international standards."
But even if standards in China are as high as in other countries, the regime is known for not enforcing them. So unsafe toys are still being put on store shelves.