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Dear Safe Mama, What about my child’s high chair trays? He eats off of it… does it have BPA? Phthalates? The plague? Help!
We’ve been asked a few times what materials high chairs are made of. The focus of all the BPA attention in the news and online has been on bottles and formula. Now that parents are becoming more aware of it they want to know more. Just where does it lurk? High chair trays were a smart place to wonder about since many people serve food off them to their kids, sans plates. I know I did. Why wash two things when you can wash one. But now people are wondering if serving food off them is the best idea in light of BPA. If trays were made of BPA laden polycarbonate plastic, the levels would be low and probably not have the same “danger” associated as bottles. But parents don’t care about “safe levels” anymore and just don’t want it in their products. Period.
Rest easy worried parents. So far it’s looking as though the material of choice for high chair trays is polypropylene (#5 on the recycling scale) and is BPA Free. Resident researcher Safe Mama Jaime did some legwork and called a few high chair companies. Here are the results:
Chicco: Trays are Polypropylene
Graco: All trays polypropylene except the wooden chair uses ABS plastic for the tray
Evenflo: Majestic Tray and Expressions liners are polypropylene and BPA Free
Of course this isn’t every high chair known to man, but it’s a good indication that trays are mainly BPA Free. However, I have heard from friends that their trays are marked with a #7 on the recycling scale. Flip your tray over and check. If this is the case for you, please call the manufacturer and ask them to tell you what material it’s made of. If you find out please visit us and let us know your findings, either here in the comments or via email and we’ll add to this list.
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I just called Fisher Price because I have their Space Saver High Chair. They have a “general statement from Mattel (parent company)”. They don’t give specific ingredients, but assure customers that all plastics meet federal standards & non-toxic etc. They also said BPA is “mainly” in hard clear plastics that they manufacture.
No specific yes or no about the chair.
“Graco: All trays polypropylene except the wooden chair uses ABS plastic for the tray”
Is ABS plastic ok?
just a side note:
most dishwashers (the baskets) are made of vinyl or PVC unless one can afford a pricey dishwasher!! i found this out when searching for a new dishwasher! well, needless to say, i wasn’t going to spend $1500 and over on it.
so to play it safe, i do not put any of my baby’s bottles, paci, dishes, etc in the d/w.
Wow that non-answer from Fisher Price is pretty discouraging. We have the Aquarium Healthy High Chair. I don’t feed her on the tray, but I am concerned about the toys that came with it. I will be removing them from her sight and making a call myself.
As far as dishwasher baskets go – I have one – not sure who made it but its two pieces of mesh netting that are surrounded by a plastic border – so the border snaps together and the mesh molds around the items inside – I got it at babies r us – no worries about plastic with the mesh lining.
I researched ABS plastic extensively when I was interested in buying some plastic tub toys from a company in Germany. I am not a chemist, but what I found is that ABS is a BPA-free, non-toxic plastic that LEGO has been using for years. I try to keep as much plastic out of my house as possible, but for certain things (like high chair trays and bath toys) you have to settle for the safest you can find. You can read for yourself all about ABS at wikipedia, I found it fairly easy to understand.
Does anyone know anything about the tray on the wooden high chair from Eddie Bauer?
Does anyone know anything about the safety of the plastic trays for the Svan high chair?
I called Fisher Price today also to ask about the Aquarium High Chair and the Healthy Care Deluxe Booster Seat, and I received the same spiel about BPA, hard/clear plastics, etc. The associate was very nice, but she didn’t have any information she could give me. Not helpful, huh?
I have contacted Fisher Price in the recent past about a toy (Linkadoos), and they were able to tell me that the item does contain BPA. It seems that they have different info available in different departments, maybe? (Of course, the Linkadoos are not made of hard, clear plastic: so much for their “assurance” that it’s mainly in their hard, clear plastic products.)
Does anyone know how to move higher up the Fisher Price chain to find more info about the chairs?
@Becky: According to Svan’s website, the tray is phthalate free, so I’m going to guess that it’s also BPA free. However, you should contact the manufacturer to put your mind at ease.
@Meghan: You’re not the only one running into the problem. We’ve had a few people call only to be told that it’s proprietary information. My only guess is that they probably figure that if they try to avoid it, people will forget. I’m sure that it’ll backfire on them at some point. I can’t imagine that it’ll remain legal for them to not disclose the ingredients made in their products. And even if you could go higher up, chances are, the higher ups are the ones who have made this information confidential.
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