Healthy Child, Healthy World's informative guide to buying safe toys
Submitted by wendy on December 3, 2008 - 1:49pm.
What to do about toys? Your kids want them. You love seeing their little faces light up when they open that perfect gift. Yet finding that perfect gift nowadays seems to mean so much more than a hunk of plastic eye candy. It has to be a balance of fun, safe, eco-friendly, not plastic and not made in China yet still doesn't break the bank. What's a time-challenged parent to do? Luckily, Healthy Child, Healthy World has put together a comprehensive crash-course guide to purchasing toys. This article titled "Banned Toys for Sale: What to Watch out for and What to Buy" reads like toy shopping 101 explaining why being a conscience shopper is important to your child's health and providing a
handy Healthy Toy Pocket Shopping Guide and links to eco-minded sites offering green guides to holiday shopping.
According to the article, "In August we celebrated as the President signed a law banning lead and several phthalates from toys and baby products. However, the law doesn’t go into effect until February 10th, 2009, giving toy makers and stores months to sell the soon-to-be-illegal products. The unintended consequence of this important ban? Retailers are flooding the market with the toxic toys, priced to sell, just in time for the swarms of Holiday shoppers."
"Buyer Beware! Manufacturers and retailers will be selling these toys with no warnings at prices sure to lure the unassuming shopper. It’s sell it now or throw it away, so they have nothing to lose and everything to gain."
It's frightening to think there are millions of toys on the recall list. So many toys the Salvation Army no longer accepts pick-up donations of toys because they lack the man-power to check the growing list of banned items to see if your toys are safe to donate. With the passing of the law banning toys and baby products made from harmful materials we're on the right track. In the meantime Healthy Child's guide is a great tool to help you simplify a most complicated gift giving season.
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