Are Loom Bands dangerous?
 

They're everywhere at the moment, my daughter is obsessed with them. I heard this on the radio this morning, probably a little OTT hysteria


CERTAIN LOOM BANDS may contain toxic chemicals according to research carried out by a lab in Birmingham.
An online parenting group, MummyPages.ie, is advising Irish parents to remove the charms until it’s confirmed which ones are safe.
The parenting group warned that some loom bands and their charms contain a dangerous, carcinogenic chemical called ‘phthalates’.
EU regulations permit 0.1% of phthalates in weight, but some loom charms contain over 50% of the chemicals.
However, this only applies to certain manufacturers – which cannot be names due to legal reasons.
MummyPages.ie says that:
The toxic chemical is carcinogenic and can be absorbed into the body via ingestion or through body sweat. These bracelets pose a threat to children, young adults, pets and anyone who may come into contact with them.
A spokesperson for the group, Laura Haugh, said that, ”The loom band craze has had mixed reactions from our community of mums over the summer. The craft activity has been praised for taking children away from digital media for entertainment purposes.
“However reports of bands getting stuck on fingers, springing into eyes, and being ingested by small children and animals have demonstrated the need for greater parental supervision.
The new report from a laboratory in Birmingham which now suggests that carcinogenic chemicals are contained within the loom band charm accessories are extremely worrying.
“Our advice is to remove the loom band charms from your child’s craft activities until such time as the retailers reassure us that they are safe for your children to use.”


http://www.thejournal.ie/loom-bands-...15193-Aug2014/

My sister makes them on a fork, which kind of unsettles me the most about these loom bands tbh.

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Yes they can be weapons

* Has vision of 3000 9yr old girls advancing on jihadists armed with loom bands on forks*


Seriously though the chemical thing :eek:... give them a hula hoop instead.

I think they are awful, don't understand the obsession. And yes they are dangerous, a man put like 27 on his penis and his bellend exploded.

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It was also in the news a few weeks ago that a small child had choked on them, so maybe they are not the ideal thing to give younger kids who tend to stuff everything in their mouths.

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They're ****ing everywhere in my house! Even in my car... I swear they're not mine

FGS :joker:

I like putting them in my rabbits hair

I think they are great, my nieces and nephew love them and they have great fun with them. They can only be dangerous if you are a crap parent and don't teach your child not to put them in their mouth, flick them or put them on their fingers/toes or have them too tight on their wrist. Kids have played with rubber bands for years, I played with them when I was a child, they just use them in a different way. :shrug: I think anyone who believes they are dangerous needs to chill out, there's rubber and plastic everywhere in life.

They are Outta Space ones
ready to suck your energy

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99% of stories in the Sport aren't real mind

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"Like Pringles, I'd popped and I couldn't stop".

"Then I got what felt like a blood vessel popping in the tip and I realised the whole bell end could blow off."
:laugh3: I'm crying. :laugh2:

Supervise your kids and they will be fine..

Niamh shade? D:

My daughter is 14 :fist: and it's nothing to do with supervision if you read the article :fist:

14... oh niamh, one day soon you're going to wish she was sat messing with rubber bands trust me :laugh:

I know :bawling:

OH lord,my daughter is mad for them,i have told her though to keep them away from her eyes and not to leave them on her wrists,not liking the other danger though, it will be hard to get them away from her now:shocked: