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toys

HealthyToys.org’s 2008 Holiday Expanded Toy Database

December 3, 2008

Photo by John Kratz
Are you making a list and checking it twice to see which toy companies have been naughty or nice this year? Worried which companies still produce toys with lead, cadmium, mercury, arsenic or other toxic chemicals in them?  Help just appeared. Today, Healthy Toys.org issued its expanded Consumer Guide to Toxic Chemicals [...]

Interesting, huh? Read on.

You’ve Got Green Mail, the after Thanksgiving Gobble-up

November 29, 2008

Photo by permission of Shira Gal
I am hoping that you are enjoying my “you’ve got green mail” feature.  It was a little quiet on the comment front on my first Green Mail article .  Did you like the copper faucets and door handles article about how cooper zaps those nasty virus bugs away?  I loved that one.
Today, I have [...]

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Natural Pod: Toys that Are as Environmentally Safe as Nature Intended

November 25, 2008

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Christmas season is almost here. But it seems like yesterday, that the Safe Toy Database was introduced.  Just last holiday season the creation of this Database brought to the fore-front the reality that are children have been playing with unsafe toys.   Wouldn’t it be nice to find [...]

Interesting, huh? Read on.

Sign the Petition to Overhaul the Toxic Sustance Control Act

March 4, 2008

Photo by Laura Askelin by permission
During the Christmas holidays, HealtyToys.org tested and created a database of the safety of 1200 toys. See my story, Toy Database, A Christmas Present for Parents. Since then there has been over 7000 nominations for toys to be reviewed.  However, simply addressing the toxic chemicals in our children toys is [...]

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Toy Database, A Christmas Present for Parents

December 16, 2007

Photo by permission of HealthyToys.org illustrating the toxic chemicals in the Hannah Montana Pop Star Card Game

Do you know what chemicals are lurking in your child’s toy chest? Or perhaps under your Christmas Tree? With recent recalls of toys containing lead and the government not regulating the type and amounts of chemicals [...]

Interesting, huh? Read on.
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