Toy safety is nothing to play around with

Believe it or not, there is a product on the market called “Poo-Dough.” Yes, my dear readers, it’s a Play-Doh like substance that looks like, well, poop. Gross as that is in itself, the toy-safety group called WATCH (World Against Toys Causing Harm) has it on its top ten list for dangerous toys because it contains wheat — a potential for allergy-related injuries.

Reading that made me decide to once again remind you to be careful when you go to purchase toys for the children you love. Be sure that the toy is age appropriate. Be sure that older children keep their toys from their younger siblings, cousins and neighbors.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission report for last year states that there were well over a quarter of a million emergency room treated, toy-related injuries. 42 percent of these injuries were classified as lacerations, contusions or abrasions with almost half of them occurring to the head and face.

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