This kind of ＂dirt＂ must be kept away! Never let it become a ＂child killer＂

　　Cctv newsA kind of crystal mud toy called "slime" is popular among students now. This kind of jelly-like crystal mud is soft and elastic and can be kneaded into various shapes. However, the raw materials of crystal mud sold by many merchants contain borax, which is a toxic and harmful substance that will cause certain harm to children’s health. However, the reporter’s investigation found that this kind of bright-looking but harmful "crystal mud" toy is popular both online and offline.

　　The reporter searched the shopping website for "slime" crystal mud, and found that there are thousands of shops selling this kind of toy. The price ranges from several yuan to several tens of yuan, and the production package containing more materials is as high as several hundred yuan. The website also comes with detailed graphic introduction and video tutorial. The reporter found that the sales volume of these "slime Crystal Mud" is very considerable, and some shops have thousands of monthly sales.

　　Online sales are so hot, is offline sales equally popular? The reporter visited the stationery stores around some schools in Nanning, Guangxi, and a large number of "three noes" and "slime" crystal mud without the name of the manufacturer, the date of production and the logo of the production license were placed on the commodity shelves in an imposing manner. In this stationery store, the reporter found boxes of slime crystal mud for sale. In this box of crystal mud, there are a bottle of special glue for crystal mud, a bottle of borax water, pigments, stirring rods and other corresponding tools.

　　In addition to selling this kind of crystal mud, some stationery stores are still selling crystal mud products.

　　For the borax component in the "crystal mud", the clerk claimed that he had long been accustomed to it.

　　Borax has high toxicity, long-term contact or poisoning.

　　Because the crystal mud contains the poison "borax", parents are worried that it will do harm to their children’s health. So, how toxic is borax? What is its harm to children?

　　Borax, as a very important boron-containing mineral and boron compound, has a wide range of uses, which can be used as cleaning agents, cosmetics and pesticides. In medicine, borax can also be used for disinfection and antisepsis of skin mucosa, treatment of pulpitis and epilepsy.

Jiang Xia, Chief Pharmacist of Pharmacy Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University

　　Jiang Xia, Chief Pharmacist of Pharmacy Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University:Borax, as a mineral Chinese medicine, is mainly used for external use, but the dosage is not large, such as some eye drops and some powders, but the dosage is not large. The use time should not be too long, and the poisoning reaction is mainly due to the accidental intake of a large amount of borax or long-term contact.

　　It is precisely because of the high toxicity of borax that eating food with borax may cause cumulative damage to human body, so China’s Food Hygiene Law and Food Additives Hygiene Management Measures explicitly prohibit the use of borax as a food additive. Then, will toys made of borax be harmful to children?

　　Chen Cheng, Law Enforcement Officer of Chongqing Kaizhou District Industrial and Commercial BranchAfter playing with borax, children don’t pay special attention to hygiene. It is possible that borax will be quickly absorbed by the human body from the wounds on their mouths or hands, and then symptoms such as poisoning, vomiting and diarrhea will be formed in children, which will seriously cause shock and even affect life safety.

　　Borax is not easy to metabolize and accumulate seriously in the body or cause death.

　　According to the doctor, borax will be absorbed by the human body quickly, but the process of metabolism from the body is slow. Long-term accumulation in the body will lead to indigestion in children, and in severe cases, it will be life-threatening. In addition, children often contact crystal mud with borax, and some skin allergic reactions will occur. Although skin absorption is much slower than food absorption, the consequences can not be underestimated.

　　Jiang Xia, Chief Pharmacist of Pharmacy Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical UniversityAfter such contact for a long time, it is possible that borax will be absorbed into the body through the skin, which will cause certain accumulation in the body, because borax is not easy to excrete in the body, which may trigger a series of toxic reactions; In severe cases, there will be some symptoms of the nervous system. In severe cases, there will be coma, shock, and even circulatory failure, which will lead to death.

　　Check the harmful "crystal mud" goods and ban them.

　　Parents’ worries are not groundless. In view of the harm caused by "slime" crystal mud, recently, many districts and counties in Chongqing have launched a campaign to check the harmful "crystal mud" within their jurisdiction.

　　On March 28th and 29th, the multi-departments of Yongchuan District and Kaizhou District of Chongqing jointly enforced the law, and launched a special campaign to check the "crystal mud" in their respective areas, pulling nets to check the small shops, wholesale and retail outlets around some schools in the city, and seized more than 1,400 boxes of crystal mud. The reporter followed the law enforcement officers in Kaizhou District to see in a stationery store around a school that "crystal mud" was placed in a conspicuous place in the container. Law enforcement officers immediately ordered him to take the goods off the shelf and warned the merchants not to sell the goods.

　　Judging from the seized products, these "crystal mud" belong to "three noes" products, and law enforcement officers seized these products.

　　Chen Cheng, Law Enforcement Officer of Chongqing Kaizhou District Industrial and Commercial BranchWe seal up the products seized today, and then rely on qualified inspection units to carry out inspection. If we do find any product quality problems, we will deal with them according to the Product Quality Law.

　　Law enforcement officials said that the next step will be to carry out continuous inspections in stationery wholesale markets, shops around schools and rural schools.

　　Ruan Zaichun, captain of the law enforcement detachment of the Kaizhou District Industrial and Commercial Branch of Chongqing: For businesses that are still selling crystal mud, they should stop selling and immediately take them off the shelves. We will further strengthen inspections in the future and resolutely investigate and deal with them when they are found together.

　　Here, we should also remind parents to buy toys for their children. Never buy such "three noes" crystal mud, borax water and borax powder, and don’t let poisonous toys become potential "child killers". At the same time, it is also hoped that relevant departments will strengthen supervision, standardize the production of related enterprises from the source, and make children’s toys safer.