a Study by the fancy toys — Selimov — held experts Roskoshestvo. They decided to check whether slimy (Lizunov) can cause allergies and irritation of the skin, whether these toys are toxic and potentially dangerous to the health of children, whether there is a difference between industrial and homemade Slimm.
Slimy became a cult phenomenon — children and teenagers buy them and make themselves at home. About their safety for children with differences mainly adults — parents, teachers and doctors. To confirm or refute consumer fears, experts Roskoshestvo and decided to check.
One of the major conclusions of experts — the market for these toys are not regulated by law. Russian standards for this type of products exists, and not all slimy, are on sale, pass certification on conformity to requirements of Technical regulations of the Customs Union 008/2011 “On safety of toys”. However, some manufacturers certify their slimy as toys for children, and their products are subject to appropriate regulation and correlate with the CU TR.
For the study, the experts of Roskoshestvo purchased 14 climov home and industrial production sold on the Internet and in specialized shops. They were produced in Russia, Ukraine and China, the price of one slayma ranged from 55 to 903 rubles at an average price of 292 rubles per item.
All samples were tested for 56 indicators, including 41 security option. The results showed no exceedances for the alcohols, toluene, formaldehyde, mercury and arsenic — and that’s good news. The experts also did not reveal Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and enterobacteria.
In shleimah two brands, however, were exceeded the permissible limits on the number of microorganisms determined by the above-mentioned CU TR 008/2011 “On safety of toys”. So, the rules for metafilm, aerobes and facultative anaerobes in Lizunov trade markand “Good Beaver” was exceeded in 6 times, and in lisone Thelarek.ru — in 2.2 times.
a Significant content of viable bacterial cells speaks to the lack of effective heat treatment of raw materials by the manufacturer, violations of sanitary norms or unsatisfactory storage conditions. Also, the products of these two brands were found to have yeast and mold.
In the course of the study, the experts refuted the common fear of consumers regarding SLIMF boron, which can cause rashes on the skin. Pure boron in the composition of climov not included, being therein in the form of different compounds. This can be, for example, is a salt of boric acid such as sodium tetraborate. Its content in the toy experts Roskoshestvo determined based on the content of this substance in water (GOST 31949-2012). According to test results none of the product was not detected exceeding content 3 percentage mass fractions.
a number of tests were carried out by experts to determine whether slimy toxic, if they can provoke allergies and skin irritation. All the toys are investigated CU TR 008/2011 “On safety of toys” and the Uniform sanitary and epidemiological and hygienic requirements for goods subject to sanitary and epidemiological supervision (control). They do not have allergenic properties, does not irritate the eyes and skin.
the study also revealed the potential acute toxicity. Threat has not been recognized by any one product. The matter from which is made slimy not accumulate in the body, not having properly a cumulative effect to cause poisoning.
a child’s toy must not be flammable, ignite and emit toxic and harmful gases. Slaym like a toy plastic fire can only dry out and char. However, among the 14 brands studied one slime Poopsie during the tests, all lit up. The result may be inzgornje flammable things caught up at the door with a toy.
According to TR CU 008/2011 toys for children over three years (implying that the child is below that age, parents just don’t give slaym as a toy) should not have the odor intensity of more than 2 points on a 5-point scale. The sharp smell of 3 points had slimy 4 brands: Slime Vime, Attivio, Ninja, and Slime by Lenetta. Klimov with a pungent odor best avoided as potentially unsafe.
Experts have tested the strength and tightness of packing of Klimov. The most unreliable was the toy’s packaging from Poopsie — it is leaking, it will not withstand drops and strong compression.
the Experts also checked whether the marking climov all the necessary information — date of manufacture, name and address of manufacturer, information for contacting the producer or exporter, the minimum age of child that the toy is a sign of EAS, confirming compliance of production to norms of the Customs Union countries. Such information was absent on the label five toys homemade.
Roskoshestvo sent to the distributors of Slime Vime, slimedesign, Thelarek.ru and slimeo.ok claim letter and all the company has promised to make changes in the label. Labeling toys “Slaym Superpower” does not contain warning labels about the necessity of careful handling with a toy.
