These squishy foam toys are the latest school craze and dd, who’s 7, just bought one with her pocket money.
It reeks of a horrible toxic plasticky chemical smell. If I bought any other toy that smelled like this I would assume it was a cheap knock-off made of carcinogenic or hormone disrupting plastics. It’s currently out in the garden “airing”.
She got it in Smyths, and I had a quick look in a couple of other shops, including Claires, this morning but they all smelled pretty bad to me.
According to dd sniffing them is part of the appeal as they are supposed to be fragranced.
I’m a bit 
that toys that smell like strong markers are now a craze.
I want to refund her pocket money and get rid of the nasty thing but it’s probably pointless since most of the kids in her class have collections of them.
Anyone else concerned about the smell or aibu?