英国最新研究称建议儿童慎用二手塑料玩具

New research in Britain says it is recommended for children to use used plastic toys carefully.

英国最新研究发现，二手塑料玩具可能携带有毒物质或不符合当前玩具安全标准，从而威胁儿童健康。

普利茅斯大学研究人员从英格兰西南部托儿所、学校、旧货商店和普通家庭中抽取200件二手塑料玩具，如玩具汽车、火车、卡片、拼图等。这些玩具都不太大，小宝宝可能会把它们放入口中。研究人员使用X-射线荧光分析技术分析，检测它们是否含有锑、铅、镉、铬、溴等9种有毒物质。

结果显示，20件玩具含有全部9种有毒物质，其中半数溴、铅、镉含量超出当前欧洲理事会规定的玩具安全含量上限。这意味着，孩子如果长期接触这些玩具，可能会慢性中毒；一旦将玩具放入口中，风险更大。另外，红色、黄色和黑色塑料玩具最容易检出超标有毒物质，而部分年代久远的玩具出厂时就不符合当前玩具安全标准。

主导这项研究的安德鲁·特纳博士在美国《环境科学与技术》月刊上刊文说，这是英国首次系统调查二手塑料玩具所含有毒物质。他提醒，不管是亲友相赠还是旧货市场淘来，二手玩具在经济上对不少家庭而言很有吸引力，但大人们更应该了解它们对孩子健康的潜在威胁。

来源：人民网

New research in Britain says it is recommended for children to use used plastic toys carefully.

New research in Britain has found that second-hand plastic toys may carry toxic substances or are not in line with current toy safety standards, threatening children's health.

Plymouth University researchers extract 200 second-hand plastic toys from southwest England nurseries, schools, secondhand shops and ordinary families, such as toy cars, trains, cards, puzzles and so on. These toys are not so large that babies may put them in their mouths. The researchers used X- - ray fluorescence analysis to determine whether they contain 9 toxic substances, such as antimony, lead, cadmium, chromium and bromine.

The results showed that all 20 toys contained all 9 kinds of toxic substances, of which half of bromine, lead and cadmium exceeded the limit of toy safety stipulated by the current European Council. This means that if a child is exposed to these toys for a long time, it may be chronic poisoning; once the toy is placed in the mouth, the risk is greater. In addition, red, yellow and black plastic toys are most likely to detect excessive toxic substances, while some of the older toys do not conform to the current toy safety standards.

Dr. Andrew Turner led the study published an article in the "environmental science and technology" issue, this is the first British survey system of second-hand plastic toys containing toxic substances. He reminded, whether with friends or flea market Amoy, second-hand toys is very attractive to many families in the economy, but people should understand their potential threat to the health of children.