One of the funniest and most creative entertainments for children is under the spotlight because of their health risk. The Spanish Agency for Consumer Affairs, Food Safety and Nutrition (Aecosan) has issued in recent months several alerts regarding finger paints for children that exceed the maximum permitted levels of arsenic, cadmium and lead.
This has had consequences in the different communities, as in Asturias, where it has been decided to suspend the use of all kinds of hand paints in the schools of the Principality, or in Cantabria, with the same recommendation.
The alert has also been activated in the Valencian Community and the Generalitat has taken steps to verify that the paintings are not for sale in the Community.
It is, according to the list that can be consulted on the website of the Spanish Agency for Consumer Affairs, Food Safety and Nutrition, of products that exceed the permitted values of toxic substances such as arsenic, aluminum, cadmium, lead or have molds and yeasts that can be harmful.
The risk associated with children's use of these paints is poisoning and, in one case, infection (MOLIN brand). Some are well-known brands, such as the last to join this list, certain finger paint colors of Alpino Baby.
Finger paints recalled
Then we list the dangerous finger paints (the link directs to the respective pdf documents of the AECOSAN):
FINGER PAINT, ALPINO BABY brand, model DD000060, lot 115.05 / 02. Risk of poisoning. The value obtained from lead, for the colors red, blue, green and yellow is higher than the maximum allowed. Commercialization ban.
FINGER PAINT, FEVICRYL brand, model PS9D23, 200 ml. Risk of poisoning. High content of cadmium and lead. Prohibition of commercialization.
FINGER AND STICKERS PAINT, DINOVA brand, model D0967002. Poisoning. High arsenic content in the color green. Withdrawal from the market.
FINGER PAINT, JOVI brand, art. 550 (BLUE 075604-5 and BERMELLÓN 074754-4). Risk of poisoning. High content of arsenic (in vermilion paint) and aluminum (in blue paint). Commercialization ban.
FINGER PAINT, MOLIN brand (black color). Risk of infection Presence of molds and yeasts in quantity greater than the maximum allowed. Withdrawal from the market.
INK TO PAINT WITH FINGERS, VIVABOOK brand, ROXO-VIOLETA (125 ML) lot: S15995. Poisoning. High lead content. Prohibition of commercialization.
Although touching these paints may already pose a risk, the biggest problem would come from accidental ingestion of toxic finger paints. Therefore, It is worth checking that we do not have these models of finger paints at home (in theory, they are no longer sold) and always monitor young children who do not put the product in their mouths.
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