tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post717536211744754896..comments2008-10-20T11:55:37.146-07:00Green Beanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03133847111288382381noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post-27577003512317064172008-10-20T11:55:00.000-07:002008-10-20T11:55:00.000-07:00Thanks for this post! I just found your blog and I'm glad to see this eye opening post for others to read!Ericahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17066635949260029728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post-43922783522779037132008-10-18T15:23:00.000-07:002008-10-18T15:23:00.000-07:00Uh-oh, I ALWAYS gave my kids my keys to chew on when they were little. If it's any comfort, they all graduated from college, but the new granddaughter will not get to play with the!Joycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10463831506588682774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post-12349729417711692932008-10-18T06:35:00.000-07:002008-10-18T06:35:00.000-07:00This is truly frightening ... thank you for sharing.Electronic Goosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161775422936225445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post-4940238019844387242008-10-17T17:13:00.000-07:002008-10-17T17:13:00.000-07:00I love the green phone booth :)BananaBlueberrywww.bananablueberry.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post-86571325600263852632008-10-17T12:03:00.000-07:002008-10-17T12:03:00.000-07:00It's really a great incentive to minimise most toys and other useless items from our children's lives.<BR/><BR/>I've requested family and friends only purchase eco-friendly wooden toys, that's a start. <BR/><BR/>Great blog - I've linked you.Monhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11863793441609598153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post-34838359494803560472008-10-17T11:17:00.000-07:002008-10-17T11:17:00.000-07:00That's happy news about Matchbox, anyway, as the husband came home from Target all excited about them being just $1 ... kicking myself over the keys, the toddler asks for "his" keys nearly every morning when we leave the house. Ugh!!FoodieTotshttp://profile.typekey.com/FoodieTots/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post-81774467996378595712008-10-16T14:58:00.000-07:002008-10-16T14:58:00.000-07:00Can I pick my jaw up now? Wow. This is amazing post! I want that gun that Jennifer has. I would probably throw out my whole house.Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00101017789909940379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post-83620382409316956112008-10-15T18:21:00.000-07:002008-10-15T18:21:00.000-07:00Jess,<BR/><BR/>I was right there with ya and I can't believe you remember all of this in such detail. All without taking notes! -- LynnLynn from organicmania.comhttp://www.organicmania.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post-56235397545369701442008-10-15T11:22:00.000-07:002008-10-15T11:22:00.000-07:00Likewise, I would love to get a list of the test results. I find it hard to get good information on what contains toxins and what is safe, especially older toys. Are the 1970s Fisher Price play family sets OK? Thankfully, my dad makes lots of wooden toys for my children and I quietly get rid of many of the plastic items a month or so after the holidays and birthdays.<BR/><BR/>--AveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post-65070699778384318352008-10-15T11:18:00.000-07:002008-10-15T11:18:00.000-07:00I agree with you all -- both Diane who said we need to use our clout in the marketplace and that we need concrete ways to make sure our toys are safe. Will talk to Jennifer and also try to find resources for all of us before we resort to making our kids play with a stick and a piece of (organic) string.Olive S. Oylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000531822628182708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post-78090384215054311252008-10-15T07:35:00.000-07:002008-10-15T07:35:00.000-07:00I'm with Burbs. This post makes me want to throw out every toy in my house. Of course, the fact that my kids wake up at 5am to play with their toys every day makes me want to do that too. Extra motivation.<BR/><BR/>I second all of Burbs' questions.Green Beanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03133847111288382381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post-46663146031364159602008-10-15T05:04:00.000-07:002008-10-15T05:04:00.000-07:00First, let me say that I LOVE the idea of the Green Phone Booth. We may not always get treated like superheroes, but that doesn't change the fact that we are, does it?!!! Thanks for the complete rundown on toy testing - I'm sending it to all my nieces who have babies and toddlers. It's a great reminder that, in lack of strong regulations, consumer demand for safe alternatives is essential.Diane MacEachernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03299398235615893224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post-52483378834355120912008-10-15T04:00:00.000-07:002008-10-15T04:00:00.000-07:00Frightening beyond measure. Any help for us poor folk who can't afford our own XRF? Has Jennifer published an extensive list? Are there cheaper testing alternatives? A place where we can take our toys to be tested? Or do we throw our hands in the air? Or toss the toys in the trash?<BR/><BR/>AAAAGGGGHHHHH! I'm so confused! I'm glad my kids are beyond the mouthing stage, but I still don't want them playing with toxic toys.Burbanmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03482218254218777985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post-73424377607543167722008-10-14T18:48:00.000-07:002008-10-14T18:48:00.000-07:00Green Raven, I knew you'd be perturbed about my dark haired friend. Sorry to break that to you.<BR/><BR/>Jennifer, thanks again for testing the toys and for all the clarification. Can't wait for your next trip east! You are always welcome.<BR/><BR/>Rhonda Jean! Thanks for commenting cause I love the looks of the Simple Green Frugal co-op. Let's definitely support each other. Looks like plenty of great reading for me over there.Olive S. Oylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000531822628182708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post-38615245001564351372008-10-14T16:34:00.000-07:002008-10-14T16:34:00.000-07:00Hello ladies. This is off your topic but I wanted to connect and send my best wishes to you all for this new blog. This is the second connection I have with Green Bean, but my first with the rest of you.<BR/><BR/>We have started a very similar blog over at the Simple Green Frugal Co-op, and it amazes me we stated on the same day. Anyhow, I wanted you to know I want to support your blog and will add a link to it on the co-op and also on my personal blog, Down to Earth.<BR/><BR/>Good luck with all you will do here.<BR/>Warmly<BR/>Rhonda JeanRhonda Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00175785349529109084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post-27662157239339451352008-10-14T12:30:00.000-07:002008-10-14T12:30:00.000-07:00Jess - I had tons of fun too. And thank you for the props. Don't know about being an eco-hero but glad to be able to answer some of the questions you had.<BR/><BR/>I know we were talking fast and furious, so I just wanted to clarify that the tough lead standard for toys isn't in effect until 2011 and then only maybe. It gets set at 600 ppm first, in February 2009; then drops to 300 ppm in August 2009; and then to 100 ppm in August 2011 if the CPSC doesn't find that it isn't feasible. For paints and coatings used in toys and other consumer products, it drops to 90 ppm in February 2009. For arsenic, there isn't a federal mandatory standard yet for toys in the US. There is a voluntary migration standard of 25 ppm (I did say 60 so you quoted me right - just chalk it up to the red eye). But, I was testing total arsenic and the standard is for accessible arsenic. The voluntary standard will become mandatory in the US under the new legislation. The European Union standard is 25 ppm leachable.<BR/><BR/>Those tiny plastic play figures are often PVC plastic, and frequently have lead and sometimes cadmium. PVC is bad too because it contains hormone-disrupting phthalates, which aren't good for little kids, especially those that are mouthing. The Safari Limited toys - wild animals, farm animals and dinosaurs - are PVC, but they are free of hormone disrupting phthalates.<BR/><BR/>And the pink sunglasses with rhinestones were below the standard of 90 ppm, so many people might consider them okay, but still wanted to point it out to you.<BR/><BR/>I take the "toxic" items to the local hazardous waste roundup - where the household hazardous cleaners and the like are collected.Jennifer Taggarthttp://www.thesmartmama.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post-1935017940671574332008-10-14T12:00:00.000-07:002008-10-14T12:00:00.000-07:00How disturbing! Thank you very much for this warning. I'm especially unnerved about the Edgar Allen Poe figurine...The Purloined Letterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09543197858284977937noreply@blogger.com