As if the recent lead scare in the toy industry hasn't been bad enough, now we've got toys that, when ingested, metabolize into the date rape drug. One of the victims was a 20 month old that went into a non-responsive coma. From her new toy. I can't imagine what that family has been going through. John wonders if the next breaking news story will involve a matchbox car that emits radioactive material.
So with Christmas and 2nd birthdays right around the corner we've made the decision that Sylvie will not be receiving any cheap plastic toys made in China this year, or any cheap plastic toys at all for that matter. And who needs them when you've got natural tree branch blocks and colorful (vegetable paint based) musical instruments? Here is a great list of safer toys compiled by Cool Mom Picks. Check out all those coupon codes at the end of the list. Bring on the Christmas shopping!
6 comments:
I love this picture of her! Too bad that we have to worry about the toys we buy.....at one time if we liked a toy we bought it....now it's a whole new story.
I like the websites you mentioned in the blog. It's nice to know that there are some safe toys you can get......no lead, etc. We never worried about these things years ago.
Thank you so much for including Cool Mom Picks. (And go, grandma Winnie! Hook Sybil up good this year!)
Whoops - that's Sylvia, not Sybil. That's my cue to go to bed.
i do find it incredible sometime in this day and age, with all that we supposedly now know and as 'intelligent' as we all are, that we still find ourselves in these types of positions time and time again! i like all the sites you post, kac...! xxoo
I guess the silver lining is that even though these toys may be "toxic" or "induce a coma," they're cheaper to produce. This from the AP:
In the latest case, the Aqua Dots or Bindeez were supposed to have been coated with nontoxic 1,5-pentanediol, a chemical commonly used in computer printer ink. But that chemical generally sells for three or four times the price of the toxic compound found on the tainted toys, 1,4-butanediol.
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