TISI upgrades safety standards of toys, playground equipment

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TISI upgrades safety standards of toys, playground equipment

By THE NATION

 

 

The Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI) has enhanced the safety standards of toys to better protect the health of children amid advancement of the industry, said secretary general Wanchai Panomchai.

 

“The move would also encourage local toy manufacturers to meet international standards, as well as boosting its capability to compete in the global market” he added.

 

The secretary general said that the Industrial Product Council had approved the new standards which will be promulgated early this 2020.

 

Toys currently on sales in the market, he said, come in various forms and made of different materials, adding that the improvement of TISI standard number 685-2540 will shield the effect of harmful chemicals from the toys.

 

It includes a check of phthalates, a cancer-causing chemical used in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic manufacturing to soften up the plastics.

 

“The use of low-quality phthalates means that the chemical may peel off the toys, posing a health risk to the users in long term,” he explained.

 

As a precaution, toys made for infants under three years old which may come into contact with their mouths, must now contain no more than 0.1 per cent of phthalates per compound.

 

Moreover, the TISI has lowered the maximum amount of heavy metals in some toys from 90 to 10 grams of mercury while arsenic is cut from 25 to 10 milligrams.

 

In addition, the secretary general said that TISI had set two new standards for swing and slider as children had been harmed while playing with sub-standard playground equipment.

 

“These new standards will be promulgated in the beginning of this year” he said.

 

TISI will also issue new standards for carousel and rocking equipment to cover all kind of playground facilities".

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30380082

 

-- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2020-01-03

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[legend49]

So happy for that.

 

Can TISI now work on the adult toys found on roads?

[Foghorn]

I went to Prachuap Khiri khan and the children’s playground near the pier has gone ,the one in Ao Manoa is useless and dangerous ,the one at the football ground is half missing and broken ,there is nothing for children 

[Scott Tracy]

TISI has enhanced the safety standards, not the toys...

 

'The move would would encourage local toy manufacturers to meet international standards'. Why don't they now? It seems to infer that Thai standards are not internationally recognised.

Does each country have its own standard, which is different to everyone elses'?

[Redline]

They can’t even get the police on the roads.  Who enforces anything 

[DrTuner]

And how far behind DIN are they now? 50 years?

[stereolab]

On 1/4/2020 at 11:05 AM, Foghorn said:

I went to Prachuap Khiri khan and the children’s playground near the pier has gone ,the one in Ao Manoa is useless and dangerous ,the one at the football ground is half missing and broken ,there is nothing for children 

Here in Sri Chiang Mai, I cannot let our 2 , 5 year olds play on the Tessabsn provided play area. Broken plastic, with sharp ends, foul water lying in base of slide, missing components to tubular access, broken steps. The local Boss has a brand new Mercedes!! The play area is right outside the largest school in the area.