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Category: lead

Lead Safe or Lead Free? What Do I Look For?

Posted on: Feb 7, 2011

Filed Under Lead, Product Safety | 4 Comments

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I got an email this weekend that had the wheels of conscious parenting confusion spinning and as I typed a reply to the sender I realized it warranted a post. I get this question a lot and it seems to pop up often whether its with lunch gear or toys or bibs. Alicia of The [...]

Getting The Lead Out (of vitamins this time)

Posted on: Jan 13, 2009

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By now you’ve probably seen around your favorite green blogs, that the FDA had gotten wind of lead in various vitamins and supplements. They tested 324 different brands for levels of lead as well as levels of exposure to lead. What is this report trying to say? That the levels of lead in vitamins are [...]

Fewer Lead Recalls This Year

Posted on: Nov 20, 2008

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No doubt that last year was the year of the “toy recall.” Everywhere you looked there was another toy being recalled for one reason or another, but one of the big offenders was lead. It was really overwhelming for just about every parent you talked to. When was the madness going to end? The good [...]

In the News: Stricter lead rule, phthalates may pose a bigger challenge

Posted on: Sep 15, 2008

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The Consumer Product’s Saftey Commission (CPSC) is expected to release a new rule today, regarding the tougher standard on lead in toys according to The Washington Post: The opinion, a copy of which was obtained by The Washington Post, represents the agency’s official guidance to businesses. It allows companies to sell off their existing inventory [...]

Protecting your child from lead poisoning.

Posted on: Apr 26, 2008

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With so many recalls of toys last year, the awareness of paint containing lead has never been higher. And the worry doesn’t stop at just toys. There are lots of places where children can be exposed to lead. Having grown up in a new home myself and now living in a new(er) home with my [...]

Phthalates Ban in Washington on the Horizon

Posted on: Mar 26, 2008

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Even though a lot of parents are taking measure’s into their own hands by not buying toys containing PVC and phthalates, this is a time of change and I see it boiling in the wings. Already, California is instituting a ban on phthalates due to take effect next year. Next state in the spotlight is [...]

Toys “R” Us promises to reduce lead, phthalates

Posted on: Feb 19, 2008

Filed Under Phthalates Info, Product Safety, Toy Safety | 3 Comments

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I received this via email today and thought I would pass it along: February 15, 2008 A Message From Gerald L. Storch, Chairman and CEO, Toys”R”Us, Inc. Dear Valued Guest, At Toys“R”Us, Inc., kids are central to who we are and to what we do. Our commitment to their safety is non-negotiable. I wanted to [...]

Medela Responds to New York Times Article

Posted on: Feb 14, 2008

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I wrote the other day about an article in the New York Times that was addressing some findings a group called The Center for Environmental Health revealed about lead in baby products. I got an email from a representative of Medela on the article so I thought I’d share what she had to say: Hello [...]

Lead in Vinyl Baby Products

Posted on: Feb 12, 2008

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I ran over this article published today in the New York Times. An environmental group based in California, The Center for Environmental Health, had previously reported and spread the word about lead in vinyl baby products like bibs and lunch boxes. This group is now reporting lead in the vinyl used to make other products: [...]

Lawmakers Consider Law to Limit Lead

Posted on: Jan 30, 2008

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According to an article published by the New York Times today, Lawmakers are “tsk tsk”-ing Mattel for not “doing the right thing”. In November it was reported by Consumer Reports that an arm band in a toy medical kit contains “higher than anticipated” amounts of lead. Mattel decided against a nationwide recall of the toy. [...]