The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which regulates lasers, have issued a warning to parents about the potential dangers posed by lasers that are mounted on toys. Items such as toy guns that have lasers that can be used for aiming, spinning tops that project lasers as they spin, hand-held lasers used as ‘light-sabers’ in play and lasers that create optical illusions in rooms (i.e. entertainment) have all fallen under the FDA’s warning.According to the agency, when these toys are operated in an unsafe or uncontrolled manner, the highly-concentrated light from lasers—even those …