Toxins Found in Toys

Toy manufacturers have been toying around with American consumers, putting children’s health at risk. The non-profit organization, Ecology Center, along with other partners across the country, has released a consumer guide to toxic toys (available on healthytoys.org). Researchers tested more than 1,500 popular children’s toys for lead, cadmium, arsenic, and PVC and found that one in three contained medium or high levels of harmful chemicals. The Consumer Product Safety Commission regulations, which go into effect February 2009, would make certain products on the shelf this holiday season illegal to sell two months from now. That’s reason No. 999,999 to buy green gifts this year.