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The article was very informative . Thank you! I li...

2011-05-04T06:28:44.711-07:00

The article was very informative . Thank you! I like your blog.

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2010-07-19T05:19:27.623-07:00
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Thanks for your comments, readers. I was shocked ...

2009-11-23T18:55:17.064-08:00

Thanks for your comments, readers. I was shocked and troubled too that's why I posted this. I know, it is really hard to find safe toys not online. That's why most of my shopping is done that way--. I have my favorite natural and safer product sites I visit regularly. I'll do my annual Gift Guide which will link to some reputable parent owned online businesses.

Kathy K-- I think I will send this post to healthytoys.org, and I encourage the author to get in touch with the CPSC.

Thanks again for your comments! No child or family should ever have to go through this. That is why we need reform in how we manage chemicals and toxins in everyday products in this country.

Katy, Did this mother contact U.S. Consumer Produ...

2009-11-23T06:53:38.719-08:00

Katy,

Did this mother contact U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) (www.recalls.gov)? If not I hope that she will report this unsafe product. CPSC is not perfect but recalled products do get a lot of coverage and this is a good way to hold manufacturers accountable. Also does HealthyToys.org know about this? Perhaps they could bump this item up in their testing.

--Kathy K

I found your blog while looking for info on the Me...

2009-11-22T23:24:36.683-08:00

I found your blog while looking for info on the Melissa and Doug recall that was just announced this weekend. http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-23788-Minneapolis-Attachment-Parenting--Examiner~y2009m11d22-Three-Melissa-and-Doug-toys-recalled-in-Canada-for-barium-in-paint

I have found so many stories like this one, unfortunately, and virtually nothing in the news. Another mother reported that she took some of the M&D magnet letters to a free lead testing and they were positive for lead too, and the reps on the phone just pooh-poohed it. It's such upsetting stuff.

~Alicia

Thank you so much for letting me know. Its so hard...

2009-11-22T19:59:20.525-08:00

Thank you so much for letting me know. Its so hard to find good quality non toxic toys without ordering online. I thought Melissa and Doug would be a good alternative since its available in most stores but now I know. It makes me so angry to know that a company that makes products for children and babies could sleep at night knowing the toxins on their products!

Thanks for posting this. I have been thinking of g...

2009-11-22T13:48:27.769-08:00

Thanks for posting this. I have been thinking of getting some Melissa and Doug products for the kiddos for Christmas. I think this post is a reminder for me to shop USA made when considering products, like painted wooden blocks, that my one year old is likely to put in her mouth! I did read that the company test frequently, but ya never know!

i'm so sorry for that reader and her child. i ...

2009-11-22T13:39:35.728-08:00

i'm so sorry for that reader and her child. i hope things will be okay.

if possible, could the mother comment on how the child's lead levels came down? does lead just finally filter out of the blood and is excreted?

thank you, and God Bless,

Terrible! No kid should have to go through that!!!...

2009-11-22T08:55:50.753-08:00

Terrible! No kid should have to go through that!!! What a patient woman, if that had happened to me, my post would be a lot more frantic!
Hope they are well....