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Researchers have warned that allowing children to play with old plastic toys can pose a serious danger to their health. How can safe play be ensured for children?
According to this study, the researchers tested a large number of games antique, decoration tools made of plasticThey found that 84% of them contain toxins that can disrupt children’s growth, development and future reproductive abilities.
The researchers explained that these toxins are an obstacle to the circular economy of the future, including reuse and recycling, and that old toys and decorations can contain toxic chemicals, which can cause cancer or damage DNA.
Experts recommended reviewing the chemical content of toys and reviewing the allowable amounts of chemicals in plastic toys in order to protect the health and safety of children.
Serious numbers "3, 6, 7" about plastic toys
Muawiya Al-Alawi, consultant pediatrician, neonatologist, said that until now there is no complete knowledge of all the harm caused by plastic to human health, as many studies have been conducted on animals and it has been concluded that certain concentrations of this substance have specific effects on health, while attention has been paid to the human aspect. Behavioral behaviors, such as the autism spectrum, hyperactivity and attention deficit, have been associated, for example, with the concentration of certain metals such as mercury, to example.".
Al-Alawi also considered that the concentration of toxic substances in plastic affects the brain and endocrine glands and causes certain cancers and behavioral disorders.
Al-Alawi noted that health control is very important to protect children from this type of harmful play, as studies are being conducted and their results adopted and approved by regulatory bodies to control the concentration of plastics and softeners in games that preserve the health and safety of the child.
Muawiyah Al-Alawi found parental supervision to be extremely important in this context, as he stated: "Children under the age of two, we must try to give them alternative toys such as wood, and we must be very careful when turning any plastic material, we find a triangle and this triangle contains three numbers which indicate the presence of toxic substances and are prohibited , and these numbers are "3, 6, 7" The presence of this trio prevents us from buying this plastic toy and the absence of any number on a plastic material poses a health hazard and the safest number on plastic products is the number 5 and the rest of the numbers 1, 2 and 4 are also safe, but to a lesser extent.
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Researchers have warned that allowing children to play with old plastic toys can pose a serious danger to their health. How can safe play be ensured for children?
According to this study, the researchers tested a large number of games antique, decoration tools made of plasticThey found that 84% of them contain toxins that can disrupt children’s growth, development and future reproductive abilities.
The researchers explained that these toxins are an obstacle to the circular economy of the future, including reuse and recycling, and that old toys and decorations can contain toxic chemicals, which can cause cancer or damage DNA.
Experts recommended reviewing the chemical content of toys and reviewing the allowable amounts of chemicals in plastic toys in order to protect the health and safety of children.
The dangers of the numbers “3,6,7” on children’s plastic toys
Muawiya Al-Alawi, consultant for pediatrics, infants and newborns, said that until now there is no complete knowledge of all the damage caused by plastic to human health, as many studies have been conducted on animals and it has been concluded that certain concentrations of this substance has specific effects on health, while attention has been paid to the human aspect. Behavioral behaviors such as autism spectrum, hyperactivity and attention deficit, have been associated, for example, with the concentration of certain metals such as mercury, for example .
Al-Alawi also considered that the concentration of toxic substances in plastic affects the brain and endocrine glands and causes certain cancers and behavioral disorders.
Al-Alawi noted that health control is very important to protect children from this type of harmful play, as studies are being conducted and their results adopted and approved by regulatory bodies to control the concentration of plastics and softeners in games that preserve the health and safety of the child.
Muawiya Al-Alawi found parental supervision to be extremely important in this context, as he said: “Children under the age of two should try to give them alternative toys such as wooden ones, and we need to be very careful when using them. we turn over each plastic material we find a triangle and this triangle contains three numbers that indicate the presence of toxic materials and are prohibited and these numbers are “3,6,7”. The presence of this trio makes us stay away from buying this plastic toy and the absence of any numbers on a plastic material is a health hazard, and the safest number on plastic products is the number 5, and the rest of the numbers 1, 2 and 4 are also safe, but to an extent minor.
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