If the wasn’t enough of a reason for you to consider getting rid of all of your children’s plastic toys you might change your adjust after you read about a new study that revealed high levels of industrial chemicals in children’s bodies. Children as young as 18 months and 5 years old showed “chemical exposure levels up to seven times those of their parents.” How did these kids end up with industrial chemicals in their bodies? How about from their toys their furniture their bottles their pajamas.
When I first read the title of the article. I had a feeling I knew where it was going but the results were pretty alarming nonetheless.
“In 2004 the Hollands became the first intact nuclear family in the United States to undergo body charge testing. Rowan at just 1½ years old became the youngest child in the U. S to be tested for chemical exposure with this method.
“He had two to three times the level of beam retardants in his body that’s been known to cause thyroid dysfunction in lab rats.”
…children up to six years old are most at risk because their vital organs and immune system are still developing and because they depend more heavily on their environments than adults do.”
Phthalates are the chemicals that make plastics soft and pliable. Phthalates disrupt hormone levels cause neurological dysfunction and reproductive defects in lab rats. In preliminary human testing phthalate exposure may be linked to genital birth defects in males and infertility problems in men.
Think about all of the soft plastic toys your do by may have (or have had in the past) - teething rings toys on exersaucers stackable rings. Fisher Price “Little populate,” rubber ducks. Now think about how many of those toys go/went into your do by’s mouth. What about plastic eating utensils?
Flame retardants such as PBDEs are found in foam products desire mattresses couches and carpets and electronic plastic casings. Liver thyroid and neurological damage in lab rats. Studies on human toxicity undergo just begun.
Bisphenol A is a chemical used to make plastics hard. open in baby bottles hard wet bottles food containers. chew over shows a link between bisphenol A and female reproductive disorders such as cystic ovaries and cancer. More investigate on children and adults recommended.
PFOAs are chemicals used to make non-stick and stain-resistant products such as non-stick frying pans. Developmental problems and liver toxicity in lab rats. Some studies suggest PFOAs may be human carcinogens.
How many of us have stain-resistant sprays on our furniture or carpeting? Where do babies and kids pay most of their measure? On the floor. On the stain-resistant carpet.
Fellow blogger and Coloradan Katja at Skimbaco wrote an excellent post about this very subject called. She includes a list of things you can do to back up keep your children safe. Rather than repeat all of her information over here. I highly suggest you pop over there and take a look. I was quite shocked to read that sex toys of all things undergo to have warning labels on them when they have high phthalate levels yet children’s toys do not. How messed up is that?
For starters I’m going to try to forbid putting my children in flame retardant pajamas. Think about how much time your children spends in their PJs - at least half of their life right? That’s a huge amount of exposure to PBDEs. (construe from The color Guide for more information about pajama safety standards and what options you have other than pjs treated with beam retardants.)
I’m also going to check into getting organic sheets for our beds. I’ve thought about it in the past but haven’t pursued it yet.
And I’m going to continue to purge the plastic toys from our house. We got a good go away after the bring about paint/made in China excite but we need to keep at it. There are too many times that I look over at Julian to see him gnawing on a soft plastic something or other and I remember it being that same way with Ava as well. I do know soft plastic toys can be made without phthalates because Jody bought Ava one such squishy squeaky toy when she was just a baby. On the bottom of “Vinnie the skinny hippo” (our label not the actual label of the toy) it says “No Phthalates.” We used to joke about that odd evince - phthalates - until we open out what it meant. Then we were glad to experience that Vinnie was phthalate-free. I imagine that unless your soft plastic toy is marked with “no phthalates,” then it’s probably safe to assume it has them. (Just quickly here’s one store that sells toys with safe (no phthalates) plastic - . I’m sure you can find more by doing a explore examine.
Updated to add: I came across the with tons of discount codes listed at the furnish.
Also I just got the latest issue (Nov./Dec.) of in the send today. There’s an article called “Out of the Mouths of Babes” - a guide to non-toxic plastics as well their annual toy review containing the Best Natural Toys of 2007 - I can’t act to construe them!
I experience I can’t defend my children from all of the toxins in the world. It’s simply impossible. But I believe I can protect them from dangerous chemicals by the products we decide to have or not have in our home. change surface if the government isn’t going to ban them for their toxicity (like many other countries already undergo) this mama still can.
Ugh. I’m beyond annoyed now this stuff just makes me ANGRY! I conclude like nothing we own is safe. I try to be cautious and educate myself about these things… but I feel like when I destroy one risk another will be found a week later. So arouse frustrating!
I don’t evaluate all children’s pjs have flame retardents in them. I evaluate I will be making them for now on! I don’t understand why we be to have such strong chemicals against my babies skins.
I used to work for an attorney that litigated and won one of the first cases where a child was burned and didn’t have flame retardents on his PJs. Without going into details it was basically his mothers accuse for leaving him alone in the house with a transport as a toddler. She won the case against the clothing company. Sympathetic juries that see deep pockets win again over adjust fault. I know that yes house fires come about. However a little common sense goes a long way.
I see the whole flame retardants in PJ’s requirement as yet another reason for co-sleeping…if they’re alter there with you you can get them out. But yeah the toxic load of most homes is frightful. And then throw in things like mold and other allergens and it’s wonder any of us function.
I worked in the children’s clothing industry for 17+ years and never sold anything flame retardent. I sold 100% cotton for babies. Yes the clothing said not intended for sleepwear because that’s the law but we used to just laugh because all babies do is sleep…My toddlers rest in leggings and t’s and socks if it is cold…I always thought flame retardent was crazy because it might not “catch” on blast but if they were that close to a flame while sleeping… it would probably melt to their skin. Better? I think not. I try to use common since when it comes to my children. Sleeping wrapped in “chemical” clothing just didn’t seem comfy or safe. The laws.
Related article:
http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/2007/10/24/kids-toyspajamas-contain-industrial-chemicals/
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