Dangerous children's toys (10 photos)

American magazine Radar has published on its pages the results of unusual and certainly very useful studies of the dangers that can be fraught with the usual children's toys. This list includes a variety of subjects, ranging from those whose risk of noticeable to the naked eye, ending quite innocent at first glance, toys, whose murderous nature due to structural failures, revealed only during use. On account of many of this sad list of the top 10 "most dangerous toys," not only bruises, scrapes and spoiled the mood, but even serious injury and prematurely ended the life.

1. darts «Jarts»





The game of darts "Jarts" cost the lives of four children. Number of injured children, who decided unfortunately for themselves and their families, to play this game reaches 7000. This game is recognized as the most dangerous.
2. Set for young physicists of U-238 Atomic Energy Lab, manufactured by AC Gilbert Company.



This play set was released in 1951. At that time, everything about the splitting of the atom and the phenomena of radioactivity, was very much in fashion and have always enjoyed public interest. Alfred Gilbert was not a physicist, he was the producer of toys, and decided to bring happiness to the young researchers, and at the same time and get a good profit, giving the children in the hands of a luxury suite comprising a businesslike book on nuclear physics, electroscope, a Geiger counter, something else which required laboratory equipment and a real sample of uranium 238. This was done without malice - the deadly danger of small but systematic exposure then just did not know. Precise data on how many people who have bought this deadly toy developed cancer missing.

3. It is an innocent-looking hammock company EZ Sale deserves the nickname "Hammock-strangler". Fortunately, in this case to the bodies of the dead did not come. But the company had to go through a lot of lawsuits from the frenzied parents whose children had almost suffocated in the arms of this monster.



4. The company is famous for its Mattel dolls all over the world. It was she who created the record-breaking popularity of Barbie. But one of the models of dolls Cabbage Patch Snacktime Kid, which was published in 1996, has brought us a lot of trouble. The peculiarity of this series of dolls is that they can "chew" a special toy food. A series of dolls are extremely popular, and very zealous parents even staged a brawl with each other during the Christmas sales, because the dolls on all comers just not enough. However, this particular model doll has a very powerful mechanism for directing the "food" inside, and it is not supplied with the switch. As a result, a doll recklessly "chewed" pins and hair careless while playing children. When the number of injured was tens, toys withdrawn from sale.



5. In 1994, in the shops there was a remarkable winged fairy Sky Dancer, the company offers Galoob Toys. It looks ordinary toy for girls. Dance Air beauties, as usual, provided the electric motor. That's just the designers have gone too far with his power. As a result, a reliable machine capable of long withstand heavy loads, mercilessly beat out his teeth and caused deep cuts to those who are in the "kill zone" Fine fuete fairies.



6. Guns are not toys for children - even if it's just a belt buckle. Manufacturers buckle «Bat Masterson Derringer Belt Gun» so seriously inspired by the famous accessory from the movie "From Dusk Till Dawn" that the resulting product was the cause of many serious burns careless owners.



7. Game "Horrible insects» (Creepy crawlers), introduced in 1964, offers children a set of forms and materials, to cast yourself all sorts of horror stories. The only pity is proven to be very toxic materials, and casting process was accompanied by numerous burns and even a few large fires.



8. Again gun. At this time the gun glorious Rebel Johnny (Johnny Reb Sannon), with reckless courage to fight against the Yankees in the Confederate ranks of the doomed. The gun is fully absorbed indomitable spirit rebels Southerners, after whom it was named, and even with the help of tiny plastic cores bravely Cruz "damn Yankees" teeth and knocked her eyes.



9. Games with a rocket launcher Battlestar galactica missile launcher in 1979 cost the lives of several children.



10. Finally, a wonderful children's bike. It has all the virtues and, of course, all the disadvantages of the motorcycle. Considering the fact that motorcycling is one of the most traumatic, you understand the logic of manufacturers to offer, and parents who have bought a toy, it is very difficult. Children of this age simply can not physically have the necessary muscular strength, speed, reaction and coordination of movements, to deal with the management of this machine. That's why they are offered, and bicycles, rocking horses and scooters - so that they can quickly develop the necessary skills. But to some of these simple truths income only when the favorite child, for whom nothing is a pity, it would be in a hospital bed with a serious motorcycle injury.