Recent Posts Tagged With 'toy safety'

• Trouble in Toyland: Parents Still Need to be Vigilant about Toys

  Posted on Sunday November 29th, 2009 at 20:36 in lead, green holidays, toy recalls, toy safety, holiday safety, toxic toys, vpirg, safe holidays

  Last week I had the honor to be part of the Vermont Public Interest Group's release of the Trouble in Toyland report. Every year, VPIRG and USPIRG tests several toys for safety, and offers tips and information for parents about how to keep kids safe ...

• Beloved Haba Toys: Made in China (can you hear my heart breaking?)

  Posted on Monday March 2nd, 2009 at 08:00 in china, lead, toy safety, toxic toys, haba toys

  You'll find many posts and websites claiming Haba toys as a safe, happy and green toymaker, with great toys NOT made in china. We've got many toys made by them and we all adore them. My daughters have chewed them, and I've happily thought: so what! T...

• Parents.com's Helpful New Recall Site: Toy and Product Recall Finder

  Posted on Tuesday January 27th, 2009 at 22:09 in recalls, toy recalls, toy safety, toxic toys

  Parents.com just launched a new toy and product recall page that is tremendously helpful for concerned parents to keep up with recalls. How many times have you been driving, half listening to the news and catching part of a report about a new recall?...

• Handmade, U.S. Toys Threatened

  Posted on Thursday December 11th, 2008 at 21:52 in safe toys, toy safety, non-toxic toys

  Here's a classic case of getting not quite what we wanted. Recently reported by Green and Clean Mom and Eco-Child's Play, an unintended consequence of new toy testing might be putting small, family run toy makers out of business. Seems they won't be ...

• Melissa and Doug Toy Recalls: Good News and Some Answers

  Posted on Friday November 28th, 2008 at 21:10 in recalls, toy recalls, toy safety, melissa and doug toys

  I spoke with a kind and informative Product Safety Specialist at Melissa and Doug today. She had lots to share with me about the third party testing and regular batch testing done extensively by the company. That is how they discovered that small b...

• Another Melissa and Doug Recalled Toy IN MY HOUSE!

  Posted on Tuesday November 18th, 2008 at 20:57 in toy recalls, toy safety, melissa and doug toys

  I am frustrated. VERY. I just wrote yesterday's post about our happy little wooden train contaning barium. It was recalled in Canada, where they have a much better functioning system of protecting their citizens from harmful products. Now today, ...