Consumer experts warn that this year, store shelves are full of new toys with the same dangers.
"The world's toy factory has moved from the North Pole to China," said U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett.
Doggett was at the Children's Hospital of San Antonio on Tuesday, announcing the release of the 2013 Trouble In Toyland report, published by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group.
PIRG spokesman Thomas Visco held up a baby mat that was loaded with the chemical element antimony.
"What we do know is 900 parts per million of a carcinogenic heavy metal is too much to have anywhere near children," Visco said.
High-powered magnets are another toxic toy to watch out for.
"They are pretty and they're attractive and innocuous and when kids see them, they think it's candy and they eat them," said Children's Hospital Chief of Pediatrics Dr. Mark Gilger.
Gilger is equally concerned with magnets and teenagers.
"The big issue now is teenagers who are mimicking piercings and they'll put two of them on their nose or their lip or their tongue," Gilger said.
Visco said in addition to toxicity in toys, parents need to be concerned with noise levels and size and labeling or lack of labeling.
"Many toys look innocuous but as mom and dad, you just have to pay attention and always be diligent about what your child's playing with," Gilger said.
To report hazardous toys, consumers can log onto the Consumer Protection Services Commission website.
To see the 2013 Trouble in Toyland report published by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, click here.
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