I honestly didn't want to write anymore about toxic toys, as I felt I had covered it well enough, and there a many other issues regarding children's rights which need to be covered, however I am prompted to bring light to the newest discovery. The outcry over toy recalls has been from lead paint or small pieces which brake off, both ending up in the moths of small children and therefore causing a large scale threat. We seem to have seen a constant flow of toy recalls this year, but the newest recall has brought with it a whole new scare…drug consumption. I know you are shaking your heads in dismay right now, but this is no joke. the newest toy recalls from China came after it was discovered that they contained a chemical which metabolizes when swallowed into a “date-rape” drug
Australia announced a nationwide ban on November 7th for about 1 million Chinese-made toys, following an investigation which showed they contained a chemical which metabolizes when swallowed into a “date-rape” drug. The nationwide ban across Australia's six states and two territories came after three children became severely ill after they swallowed the toy beads called “Bindeez.” Toy importer Moose Enterprise issued a voluntary recall of “Bindeez,” named Australia's 2007 Toy of the Year, saying some batches of the beads failed to match the approved formula. (Reuters)