Toytrade MC Biermann GmbH recalls a play slime.
It contains a toxic substance.
Parents should quickly remove the product from children's rooms.
Hilden - The Toytrade MC Biermann GmbH informs about a
recall * of
a toy
.
Parents should remove affected products from children's rooms.
The reason for the recall is
that the boron value
is
too high
.
Recall of a toy slime: Boron value too high - several federal states affected
As informed, among other things,
Lebensmittelwarnung.de,
the recall
from Toytrade MC Biermann GmbH
is a yellow slime item.
The product with the name
"Barrel o Slime"
and the article number
9934
is said to have an increased boron value that exceeds the legal requirements.
The Landshuter Zeitung idowa also says that the affected products have the
batch number 19-3
.
According to the announcement, the
states of Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia
are affected
.
The information on the manufacturer's recall is only sparse.
Affected customers should, however, remove the products from children's rooms and keep them away from children.
Recall of a toy slime: too high a boron value can cause poisoning
The substance
boron
is one of the minerals and can also be found in small traces in food.
Humans also ingest small amounts of the substance through other household products.
The exact
mode of action and necessity
of boron for the human body has
not yet been fully researched
.
Likewise, the German Society for Nutrition eV has not yet set a reference value for the daily boron intake.
However, estimates are around 1–3 milligrams of boron per day.
A
permanent overdose
is dangerous.
In excessively high amounts, as is the case with the slime from Toytrade MC Biermann GmbH, boron is
toxic
.
Symptoms such as
nausea and vomiting
can occur.
In addition, the central nervous system and the kidneys can be damaged, informs the consumer advice center.
"According to the current state of knowledge, children [...] belong to a special risk group", so the article.
Finally, it is important to note that these side effects are a
permanent overload
with the substance.
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Recalls often have similar causes *.
The food safety laws * are designed to avoid costly product recalls.