Re: Re: article: One in 3 toys in toxic (online toy locator)

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Some of us would like to put the breaks/brakes onto this.

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Subject: Re: article: One in 3 toys in toxic (online toy locator)To: EOHarm Received: Monday, December 8, 2008, 2:44 AM

Yea, and so is everything else that's coming out of China including the feed their feeding to the animals that we eat. What's a little toxic protein to go along with all the hormones, anti-biotics and vaccines their pumping into these poor animals, RIGHT? >> You can search by toys on this web site ...> http://www.healthyt oys.org/index. php> > One in 3 toys is toxic, group says> Environmental group says many items for sale have high levels of > lead, arsenic and other chemicals.> By Clifford, CNNMoney.com staff writer> December 3, 2008: 2:57 PM ET> > NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- One in three toys tested was found to >

contain toxic chemicals such as lead, flame retardants and arsenic, > according to a report issued Wednesday by an environmental group.> > Researchers for the Michigan-based Ecology Center tested more than > 1,500 popular toys for lead, cadmium, arsenic, PVC and other harmful > chemicals. They said they found that one-third of the toys > contain "medium" or "high" levels of chemicals of concern.> > In February, new regulations from the Consumer Product Safety > Commission will make some of the toys now available for purchase > illegal to sell, according to a press release from the group.> > "Our hope is that by empowering consumers with this information, > manufacturers and lawmakers will feel the pressure to start phasing > out the most harmful substances immediately, and to change the > nation's laws to protect children from highly toxic

chemicals," said > Ecology Center's Jeff Gearhart, who led the research, in a written > release.> > The study found lead in 20% of the toys tested. In 3.5% of the toys, > or 54 items, levels of lead exceeded the federal recall level for > paint, 600 parts-per-million.> > Also according to the study, children's jewelry is 5 times more > likely to contain lead above the toxic 600 ppm-level than other toys. > In particular, the report mentioned that several Hannah Montana brand > jewelry items tested high for lead.> > The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children's toys > have less than 40 parts-per-million of lead. The levels of lead > detected in "many" of the toys was "significantly" above those > guidelines, according to the release.> > The study does not associate country of origin with the

presence of > toxic chemicals. According to the release, 21% of toys from China and > 16% of toys from all other countries had detectable levels of lead.> > Of the 17 toys made in the United States that were tested, 35% had > detectable levels of lead. A U.S.-made Halloween pumpkin pin had > 190,943 ppm of lead.> > The report found that 62% of the tested products - or 954 items - > contain low levels of chemical concern. And 21% of the products > tested - or 324 items - contained no toxic chemicals to be worried > about.> > Ecology Center, a nonprofit group, said the study was conducted with > several partners. The results were posted at HealthyToys. org. > > > > > Find this article at: > http://money.

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