Toy guns and high-volume portable cassette recorders can permanently impair a child s hearing. Propelled toy darts and other projectiles. Propelled toys can cause cuts or serious eye injuries. Toys with strings, straps or cords longer than seven inches. Long strings and cords could wrap around a child s neck and unintentionally strangle him or her.
Electrical toys are a potential burn hazard.
Avoid toys with a heating element such as batteries or electrical plugs for children under age 8. Toys painted with lead paint. Exposure to lead can result in lead poisoning, causing serious damage to a child s brain, kidneys and nervous system. Toy cap guns. Paper roll, strip or ring caps can be ignited by the slightest friction and cause serious burns.