[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

"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."
I'm crying.

and me,some stupid people about ,who the hell would want to put them on there soft pratt.

[GypsyGoth]

Originally Posted by Ninastar

I like putting them in my rabbits hair

[Firewire]

Originally Posted by Tom!

Supervise your kids and they will be fine..

howling

[T*]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

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

I meant small children I wasn't talking to you either, I was just commenting on the hysteria surrounding them..
Like I saw an article about a 3 year old that nearly had to get his finger amputated because he wrapped it around it loads, and they were saying that loom bands were at fault when surely they should've been watching them?

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by joe199998293

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.

good

[Marc]

I miss shag bands

[coffee]

Plastic is toxic so are you going to stop drinking from plastic water bottles? Stop using plastic tupperware? ...You know.

[lostalex]

when i was a kid in the late 80's it was all about slap bracelets. everyone had to have them.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

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/

..I would say that with the cheaper manufacturing of a lot of things and obviously toys etc and things that young children would come into contact with, you would just have to be more careful and wary of the cheaper brands and what they're made from....

[coffee]

Originally Posted by lostalex

when i was a kid in the late 80's it was all about slap bracelets. everyone had to have them.

When I was a kid it was all about shaggin' bracelets.

...Then scoobies as I got older.

[Ammi]

..I love these btw and they're a good thing for young people to do...we have loom band clubs at the school and I think I literally have hundreds...

[coffee]

Little boy I au pair for has loom bands, he doesn't make them though he just sits down lets his mum make them and then puts them in a drawer.