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Lead poisoning in American children has decreased so radically over the past generation that the CDC set a goal of eradicating it by 2010. Sadly, like polio, the final pockets of it have proven harder to combat.
Lead poisoning has become rare, but it’s by no means extinct yet. The main risk isn’t toys from China or contaminated soil. It’s our old nemesis, lead paint.
The 2008 law that imposed strict limits on lead in childrens’ products has had an unintended effect. According to the results of a recently published investigation by the Associated Press, some Chinese toy manufactures have complied with the new regulations by replacing that toxic metal with…an even more toxic metal, cadmium. Continue reading »
I have been waiting for this kind of news to come out: a study at the University of California, San Francisco has purported a possible link between the PCBs and PBDEs showing up in breastmilk and the development of autism.
Scary? Here’s where it gets even scarier: Continue reading »
They’re loaded with nasty chemicals, and yet fire retardants are still being applied to thousands of baby products. But maybe not for long.
A new bill has been introduced in California to do away with the state’s demand that manufacturers load cribs, strollers, changing tables and more with fireproofing.
And in this case, as California goes, the rest of the country really will go! Continue reading »
So much for going green. The Environmental Protection Agency flip-flopped this week on the safety of that recycled rubber meant to cushion your kid’s hind end when they come flying off the slide at their favorite park.
The EPA has long championed the recyled tires as good for the environment. Not anymore. Continue reading »
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