"Ghost slime" is potentially dangerous in front of school gates

Passionate students

After school, two boys at Ngoc Lam Primary School (Long Bien, Hanoi) dropped into a grocery store near the school gate to buy slime with magic diamond eggs for 50,000 VND / fruit.

While waiting for parents to come and pick up, 2 boys hand out each other to play. Because slime is as soft as water but tough as rubber, the boys can unleash the shape of animals that they like. While playing the slime, these two boys both picked up bimps and put them into their mouths to eat deliciously.

The students who are passionate about slime like these two guys are pretty much. It is understandable because slime is full of eye-catching colors, shapes and sizes. Slime is a toy that originates from abroad.

Get an idea from the story of the monsters that transformed all the way to escape the pursuit of humans, despite the monstrous shape, but slime is very cute, just want to play and make friends with all people do not mean to harm anyone.

According to the ad, this kind of toy helps children and those who play them relax, stimulate creativity, create flexible reflexes, train hands ...

Ms. Ngoc Bich (Cau Giay, Hanoi) shared, two children of one child in elementary school, one of children in secondary school are also interested in this toy. Because my parents read the information, I know that this toy made from unsecured materials can affect children's health, so she doesn't buy it, but they take the savings and secretly buy it.

“In order for me to buy slime myself, wherever it is cheap they buy, it is easy to buy poor quality toys. Therefore, I had to choose prestigious stores to buy slime for my children. The things I bought found advertised as being made in Japan, Korea, did not irritate young skin but I did not know how bad it really was. ”

World warning

In the world, many children have been harmed when playing this toy. In Oadby, (England), the girl Layla Fisher (10 years old) suffers from this toy that causes her hands to swell painfully and her skin infection is getting worse. Her mother had to warn the subordinates about this game.

In France, the French National Security Agency (ANSES) on 4 May 2018 made recommendations, slime contains many toxic substances, capable of causing many types of allergies, causing burns and eczema. (also called eczema), even affecting neurology and fertility.

According to Professor Gérard Lasfargues, Director of ANSES's assessment department since 2017, the agency has recorded dozens of cases of children with side effects when exposed to toys from plastics and substances. greasy. Some preservatives contained in these toys are toxic substances that can cause allergies and burns the skin.

The toy also contains solvents that are capable of causing respiratory problems, even affecting the central nervous system. In addition, Professor Lasfargues said, the substance that gives this mixture plasticity and greasy is boric acid, the type of solution that the European Union (EU) has classified as possible to affect the fertility of children. People, especially dangerous if exposed regularly.

In Vietnam, there are also cases of allergies to this toy. On September 18, 19 students of Binh Tan Secondary School, Go Cong Tay District, Tien Giang Province had to be admitted to hospital because of chemical allergies from ghost slime toys bought before the school gate.

Slime is produced from lakes, chalk, washing powder, shampoo, salt, sugar, toothpaste, eye drops ... According to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Duy Thinh, Institute of Biotechnology and Food, Hanoi University of Technology Internal, if slime made from the above-mentioned safe ingredients will not affect the user's health.

However, slime can be easily done so it is impossible to know what kind of chemicals the manufacturer will produce, whether it is toxic or not. Moreover, even if it's made from safe ingredients, slime is something that can't be eaten.

Meanwhile, many shapes of this toy make it easy for children to think of candy as easy to put into their mouths. Therefore, if children play, adults must supervise. Although this substance does not touch the hands but after playing, everyone needs to wash their hands cleanly./.