Choking, cuts, strangulations, perforations, chemical dangers... Of the 19 toys purchased on the Temu platform and entrusted by the Toy Industries of Europe (TIE) to an independent laboratory for testing, 18 presented a real risk to children's safety and none of them complied with European Union (EU) regulations
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“It sends shivers down your spine,” breathes Florent Leroux, president of the French Federation of Toy Industries.
For a few euros, the Chinese marketplace Temu sells thousands of toys of all colors and for all ages.
Including hundreds of games for babies.
Like this wooden musical rattle - one of the random toys purchased by the TIE - it poses a choking hazard due to small parts being released during the test, and a risk of injury from dangerous tips.
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