LAWN DARTS
The toys were banned by the Consumer Product Safety Commission in 1988 after contributing to three deaths and hundreds of injuries.
POKÉMON BALLS
Burger King recalled 25 million of these kids’-meal toys in 1999 because of a suffocation hazard.
AQUA DOTS
In 2007, Spin Master recalled 4.2 million sets of beads; they were coated with a chemical that turns into a date-rape drug when ingested.
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