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<blockquote data-quote="The Feedster" data-source="post: 534825" data-attributes="member: 259515"><p><img src="http://mos.techradar.com//classifications/home-entertainment/gaming/handhelds/images/Nintendo_ds_red-200-200.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Hundreds of thousands, potentially millions, of unsafe mobile device chargers are flooing the UK market, according to trading standards officers.</p><p></p><p>The cheap Chinese-manufactured chargers are prone to overheating and could even electrocute users, according to the BBC.</p><p></p><p>The report follows the tragic death of a young British boy on holiday in Thailand in 2006, tragically killed by a faulty charger bought by his unknowing parents while on holilday.</p><p></p><p><strong>Use official chargers</strong></p><p></p><p>If you are unsure about the chargers you or your children are using, the BBC report identifies two of the problem chargers in question - one has a code marking DE62347066, while another has no code markings and is simply called 'Travel Charger.'</p><p></p><p>Chris Holden, senior trading standards officer at Buckinghamshire County Council, said: "The UK appears to be flooded with them. It probably runs into hundreds of thousands or even millions."</p><p></p><p>While you can save yourself around a tenner buying unofficial chargers for phones and gaming consoles (the ones mentioned about cost around £5 online) the risks are clearly now no longer worth it.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/8513/s/17e74a5/mf.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.techradar.com/428250&link=Millions of unsafe chargers flood UK" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://www.techradar.com/428250&link=Millions of unsafe chargers flood UK" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/13833401922/f/8513/c/669/s/25064613/a2.htm" target="_blank"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/13833401922/f/8513/c/669/s/25064613/a2.img" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/8513/s/17e74a5/story01.htm" target="_blank">More...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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