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Unsafe toy alerts double

SAFETY alerts about toys more than doubled last year, recent figures show.

Unsafe toy alerts double

Fri, 07 Mar, 2008 - 00:00

Paul Kelly, Consumer Correspondent

EU safety chiefs, including Ireland’s National Consumer Agency, put out warnings about 386 toys.

The year before watchdogs put out 188 public alerts about toys containing toxic lead or with parts that could choke a child.

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