Safe Alternatives for Baby and Child

If you have been a loyal reader of SAFbaby.com since the beginning of December, you have been part of our obsession with toy safety and the new toy safety regulations (which go into effect today.)

Our post titled Are We The Dumping Ground for Toxic Toys? questioned the revision to the laws that were put in place to protect our children.  These revisions allowed toxic toys (tainted with phthalates and lead) to still be sold in stores, if manufactured BEFORE Feb. 10, 2009.

We are so pleased to announce that revisions have been placed, and as of today, NO TOYS INTENDED FOR THE USE OF BABIES UNDER THE AGE OF 12 can contain an amount greater that 0.1%  of six phthalates (DEHP, DBP, BBP, DINP, DIDP, and DnOP) regardless of when they were manufactured.

The fact that the CPSC issued guidance for complying with phthalates requirements, in this new Child Safety Law, is a great step forward (but not an end means to) for the safety of our babies and children!  Yahoo!

For more on a brief history of toxins making their way into our children’s toys, read our interview titled:  Investigating The True Story On Toxic Toys In America.

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