"Look, it was my favorite doll. I saved it for you. " It's so nice that tears come to your eyes. And so dangerous that it is better to leave the pups somewhere on the shelf - let it be, it reminds us of happy times, but they do not need to play. The point is that the plastic from which our childhood toys were made is rather poisonous. This is not so long ago, scientists found out, testing about 200 old toys found in kindergartens, orphanages and in the ordinary homes of ordinary citizens. Now dolls, puppets, cars and constructors, made of plastic of this quality, would not pass a single examination. It was discovered that the whole table of Mendeleyev is contained in plastic toys: antimony, barium, bromine, cadmium, chromium and lead, and in such concentration that it is not worth taking them to the children. Not to mention playing with them for a long time and every day.Kids toysPhoto:GettyImages This means that the baby will certainly pull this entire collection of heavy metals and other dangerous elements into his mouth. And he runs the risk of literally swallowing lead and cadmium, which were previously used to paint toys. "Toys from hands, donated or inherited, bought at a flea market (" oh, I had one in my childhood! ") Or even on the Internet, may be dangerous, ”the researchers warn. After all, new toys are checked for compliance with sanitary standards, but those released in the year nine hundred shaggy are not. You can, of course, refer to the fact that we grew up on those toys and nothing terrible happened to us. But don't you want the best for your children? And if you consider that the ecology has changed since then not for the better, then giving a child an extra portion of poison in his hands is simply a crime.

  • Yes, for me it's a memory. But my children do not play with them.
  • With those that remained, and my children played, and grandchildren will still be.
  • No, nothing remained, everything was lost somewhere.
  • Yes, why they are needed, you must take care of old junk.

Have you protected your children's toys?

  • Yes, for me it's a memory. But my children do not play with them.22,4%
  • With those that remained, and my children played, and grandchildren will still be.16.4%
  • No, nothing remained, everything was lost somewhere. 38.8%
  • Yes, why they are needed, you must take care of old junk. 22.4%

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