Bindeez (also marketed as Aqua Dots , Beados , and Pixos ) are children's toys, consisting of small colors of plastic beads that can be arranged in the design.
In 2007, Bindeez became the subject of a multi-national product recall after it was discovered that Wangqi Products Factory in Shenzhen, China, in some toys shipped, using cheap chemicals that are pharmacologically productive tranquilizers, not the safer chemicals that are determined. by designers, resulting in illness and hospitalization of several children swallowing beads. Since then, safer replacements have been marketed.
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Bindeez contains craft kits that allow children to create various multi-dimensional designs using small colored beads. "Bindeez" can refer to the toy itself or the small beads. The beads are arranged in various designs on plastic trays. When the beads are sprayed with water, the surface becomes glue and they join together. The beads are then allowed to dry and the entire design becomes fixed and can be removed from the tray.
These beads are about five millimeters in diameter and have a variety of colors. Bindeez is available in different kits with accessories such as a desiccant fan, pen applicator, design template for beads, and water spray bottles. This product is labeled for ages four and over.
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Bindeez was first withdrawn from the Australian market, and then from the North American market by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission as well as the European market in early November 2007. They were withdrawn in Australia after a two-year boy and 10-year-old Girl became seriously ill after they swallowed a large number of beads and the relationship between the disease and the product was discovered by a doctor at Children's Hospital in Westmead, Sydney. Two children in North America become unconscious after the same consumption. US safety officers recalled about 4.2 million toys.
The setting of Aqua Dots is one of the most serious announced by the CPSC in recent years. When we first announced a recall on Wednesday, we learned of two children who fell into an unresponsive coma after swallowing the beads used with these art and craft toys. Since the withdrawal was announced, we have learned seven additional incidents, some involving children who have to be hospitalized (these are now reported on AP wire). We urge all parents and caregivers with these toys to pick it up from children and make sure no one else has it.
The toy should contain a non-toxic 1.5-pentanediol chemical (a thick greasy liquid used as a plasticizer), but instead contains 1,4-butanediol, which is metabolized into the drug's gamma-hydroxybutyric acid. At the time of substitution, non-toxic materials are three to seven times more expensive than the chemicals used. Affected children have activity such as seizures, which are a side effect of severe GHB overdose. Concern has emerged in the media that people may deliberately eat beads to be tall, potentially producing black markets in toy-pulled toys.
Australian distributors claim that medical emergencies "do not produce long-term effects."
The problem is the topic of the second episode of the third season of the Elementary , the remake of Sherlock Holmes which aired on November 6, 2014. The episode is titled "The Five Orange Pipz". The killer tried to market the beads after they were released from evidence.
Similar Japanese products, Aquabeads, developed in Japan by Epoch Co. Ltd., and manufactured by different Chinese manufacturers, has not been recalled and uncontaminated.
In Australia, replacement beads are available from March 2008 onwards, based on temporary ban being revoked. The replacement beads will be produced using only approved materials. To prevent consumption, the replacement beads will also be coated with bitter substances known as Bitrex. The product name was also changed from Bindeez to Beados in an attempt to quell the relationship between withdrawing old toys and new toys.
In North America, the beads, previously marketed as "Aquadots", were marketed as Pixos and marketed as "Safety Tested" in television commercials when commercials began hitting the airways in early July. However, the background music is exactly the same. In June 2009, "Chixos" which featured dolls began to market more to girls.
Awards
Bindeez was awarded the Australia "Toy of the Year" for 2007. Toy Wishes magazine named it as one of the 12 best toy products of 2007. It was manufactured in China for the Australian owned Moose Enterprise P/L, and distributed in North America by Spin Master Ltd. It is distributed in 40 countries, and 12 million packages, containing more than 8 billion beads, have been sold worldwide.
See also
- Chinese export quotas 2007
- Toy security
References
External links
- Beados official website
- the Moose Company website
- Official Bindeez product website with product withdrawal information
- The SpinMaster website (US/Canadian distributor)
- Australian product recall website
- The US/Canada product withdrawal website
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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