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

[Guest guest]

This is a good find, will share.

Lenny

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> You can search by toys on this web site ...

> http://www.healthytoys.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.cnn.com/2008/12/03/news/companies/toxic_toys/index.htm?

> postversion=2008120314

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[Guest guest]

Environmental group says many items for sale have high levels of lead, arsenic and other chemicals. Hmm - when are they going to get around to telling us about the arsenic in the flame retardants in the carpet the kids crawl around on (or cats and dogs for that matter - pets have endocrine problems too..)? Or the cribs they sleep in (is it in crib bedding?), or the mattresses their parents sleep on. Or even the darn chicken they eat!Jim

[Guest guest]

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.healthytoys.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.cnn.com/2008/12/03/news/companies/toxic_toys/index.htm?

> postversion=2008120314

>