Playing safe

Playing safe Do you really want your child to play with a toy that was made at the other end of the world by people who are nothing more than children themselves, and paid 30 cents an hour - a paltry sum that can not withstand? Unfortunately, too often, this is exactly what doing.I 'm not suggesting that anyone who is insensitive and selfish - when you buy these toys it's usually because we do not know better. After all, the main producers of toys are not going to tell us, are they? Manufactures is because that has helped? As the giants of the toy with you? Very easy. Thank you for the way in which these facilities are inspected, the owners of inspections are reported before and have time to "clean up their act." While the Toy Industry Association of America has developed regulations on safety of toys for children, have done little to improve the situation for the unfortunate children who are forced to them.The site explains that since a large percentage toys sold in the United States are manufactured in China as far back as 1996, TIA has developed a program to teach producers of toys in China U.S. toy safety standards to ensure that toys imported from the United States met requirements.Videos and safety guide factory and working conditions have been developed and the practices of health and basic hygiene to protect against fire and ways to make toys in accordance with the law. However, there is no mention of control and how the factory owners are allowed to operate without being properly controlled, it is unlikely that change.A report published by UNICEF in 2000 indicated that children working in developing countries are been hidden in cupboards or boxes inspectors arrived to examine the scene. Four years have passed, but the children were still in operation. There is no evidence, the situation is better today and until the toy companies to put pressure on producers to improve conditions, the probability of improvement is almost non existent nothing. PVCPlastic and plastic toys, especially PVC, can contain harmful chemicals such as phthalates, which would be responsible for damage to the liver and kidneys, and trends in the development of testes in young boys. Some toys contain phthalates, an increase of 55 percent by weight. This affects the workers who were found at 200 times greater risk of developing liver cancer.Choose instead of wooden toys. As long as they are made from sustainable sources and have been painted by the likes of security, are much softer than those that are still respectful. That last longer, too. Just type "toys of wood from sustainable sources" in your favorite search engine and you'll be presented with a list of online purchase suppliers.By plastic and PVC toys for children who participate indirectly in the death children who do not have never known the luxury of playing with toys. Do you really want to be part of this? Sharon Jacobsen is a freelance writer living in South Cheshire, England. His areas of interest are the environmental and social issues, two topics that often cross.If you want to contact Sharon, please visit their website