Didn’t this law get overturned?
Short answer: American kids are too dumbto not choke on toys.
All kids are idiots–even the smart ones.
Do you mean all American kids? Because these aren’t banned worldwide…
Per the article, “accidents are rare but tragic.” So kids with access to these—i.e. non-American kids—do occasionally choke on them.
But you can give a gun to your toddler? Apparently “accidents are rare but tragic” doesn’t stand for guns?
There is a federal law against that as well and the penalty is much more severe, so I’m not sure what point you mean to make.
What a dumb article. The law that bans kinder surprise eggs in the US predates their existence by over 30 years.
Edit: This is the reason: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elixir_sulfanilamide
I thought they were sold in the US now with some slight modifications to comply with the law? I know I’ve seen Kinder eggs in my local grocery store.
But yes, the ban is due to a perfectly sensible law having a bizarre edge case.
It’s also why king cakes don’t have the little baby figurines in them I believe.
