This Month’s Flavor for Toxic Jewelry: Cadmi-yumm
So it turns out that cadmium (atomic number forty-eight, for those of you scoring at home) is more than an otherwise-meaningless square on the periodic table. It’s also a toxic heavy metal found in our children’s jewelry. Earlier this week, the Associated Press (AP)...A Kerfuffle About Mr. Squiggles
No, it’s not the title of an unpublished Dr. Seuss book. According to the Good Guide, the hottest toy of the holiday shopping season, the Zhu Zhu, may have illegal levels of antimony, a chemical linked to headaches, nausea, wheezing, and damage to the kidneys, liver,...A Not-So-Green Baby: Another Leady Product from Target
Last week, it was products by Mattel and Disney, and other kids’ products sold at Walmart and Target. This week, it’s an infants’ onesie. And not just any onesie: a Green Baby onesie. Tests on fourteen of the Green Baby onesies consistently show that...Wal-Mart and Target: Free Lead Ain’t As Cheap As It Used to Be
As the quotable catcher used to say: It’s like déjà vu all over again. Lead is still in kids’ products, and Wal-Mart and Target are still peddling the dirty goods. And if the past continues to do the Yogi Berra, these retail giants will tell you that lead isn’t a...Danger at Disneyland?
It’s unbelievable: Disney has known about dozens of lead-tainted brass and stained glass items at Disneyland for nine months, yet the company has failed to act to protect children! It’s time for Disney’s CEO to hear from you. Tell Disney: Get the...Putting Children’s Products to the (Lead) Test
I recently spoke to a group of business leaders from the apparel industry, many of whom make children’s clothes and other kids’ products. Many small businesses that make children’s products are concerned about implementation of a new federal law, the Consumer...