You could be forgiven for thinking that we're all living in a society overrun by ludicrous health and safety regulations. But if you needed evidence the best place to start is with the humble toy – and how lethal they can be. We all remember those tin cars with sharp edges with flaps that out to display Chinese baked beans printed on the inside !

These are the top four most dangerous toys, thankfully all are now off the market.

the Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab. It was a science kit that featured four lots of uranium ore for your beloved sprog to dabble with. To ensure that these weren't duds, you could use the Geiger counter included to measure the ore's radioactivity and order more uranium using the enclosed coupon.

Lawn Darts. A popular garden game that saw players throw large darts up into the air, hoping to land them in a circular target to score points. The darts were inevitably still finding their way into the hands (and heads) of overenthusiastic kids in the 1980's. An estimated 6,100 injuries, and the deaths of two children, lawn darts were finally banned in their metal-pointed form.

Aqua Dots/Bindeez
An arts and crafts set that lets kids make designs out of small beads, and then 'glue' them together with a simple spray of water. In some sets the wrong compound was applied during manufacture, and instead the affected beads were coated in a toxic chemical that, once ingested by a child, could produce the same effects as taking the drug GHB. Children would suffer appalling symptoms, in some case falling into comas.

Sky Dancer, was a flying doll that kids could shoot up into the air using the doll's launcher.Unfortunately, said doll had a horrible habit of being "unpredictable" once airborne, happily flying its way into wide-eyed adults and children alike, causing a reported 150 injuries, including one broken rib, some temporary blindness and facial lacerations.