Toys
Toys play a fundamental role in children's growth process, because play is a key component of development, health and well-being, in fact it represents an essential activity in childhood and contributes significantly to the cognitive, social and emotional development of the infant. The production, importation and marketing of counterfeit or dangerous toys therefore immediately reverberate their negative effects on the sensitive end users for whom they are intended: children. For this reason it is worth choosing and buying products manufactured by companies that operate in compliance with the law, in order to deliver something safe in the hands of our children.
The most alarming fact concerns the dangerousness of the seized toys. These are mainly toys painted with highly carcinogenic chemicals or containing heavy metals, assembled with easily detachable pieces at risk of ingestion or suffocation, with sharp points or corners, or with long ropes that pose a real danger of strangulation.
In order to counter this type of illicit trafficking in a unified and coordinated manner, the partnerships established with companies and trade associations are important, as they are siding with the institutions against the expanding “fake market". The companies operating in legality, being the only ones who know the “secrets" and production characteristics of their goods and their markets, are able to provide key information for the protection of the authenticity of their products.
In order to safeguard the most vulnerable category of children from the dangers linked to the construction and composition of toys, European and Italian legislation dictates the rules of conformity and the safety requirements that must be respected in order to avoid risks of a chemical or microbiological nature and risks of suffocation or strangulation.Compliance with the directives and standards imposed by the European Community is then summarized in the correct use of the "EC" marking.
Games are a major component of behavioral development, acting directly on the affective and cognitive development of the child, as they lay the foundation for a happy adult life.
