Tag: Toys - Page 5
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President Bush Says "Baby, Get That Phthalate-Filled Building Block Out Of Your Mouth!"
You can probably see one from where you're standing right now. A small child, toy in hand. Their glazed-over eyes as they absentmindedly put that building block or plastic action figure in their mouth and begin to gum and
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Green Design Site for Babies and Their Parents
Inhabitat is a must-read architecture and design site packed with information about new housing, architecture, transportation and design products. What happens when its editor-in-chief gets pregnant...Inhabitots is born. It's a new website with a
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Congress Will Do USEPAs Job: Reduce Childhood Exposure To Phthalates In Toys
The USEPA has, for decades, had the laws, regulations, and administrative systems needed to effectively manage hazardous chemicals. In recent years, however, EPA has been paralyzed by lobbying and political interventions: acceding it's once proud
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The Real Toy Story
London has exhibitions saluting China and the Olympics all over town. But it's not all perfect as recent political events have shown. Michael Wolf's disturbing installation at Liberty (department store) is a comment on cheap mass-produced plastic
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Found at One of a Kind: Fidoodle
At the One of a Kind Show, this writer normally goes right by the baby stuff, but even I could not be so humourless and unsentimental to pass Jen Bulthuis' booth for Fidoodle. She "produces artful objects based on stories; some
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Bunny Scooter by Zoebuck Studio
This bunny doesn't hop—it scoots. Made by Roebuck Studio from Forestry Stewardship Council-certified baltic birch plywood, the Bunny Scooter ($180) is meant to help toddling babes aged 18 months or older develop mobility skills and a sense of balance.
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Playsam Hops On Green Toy Wagon
Can the kids of the future be happy with low-toxic toys in plain paper packaging? Visiting any toy superstore you sure wouldn't believe it, as excessive packaging and bad plastics are the clear and present norm. But if kids could grasp the enormity of
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Milk Jugs Recycled Into Green Toys
When you send the milk jug in your fridge on to the recycler, it’s often the last you’ll think of it. But Green Toys, Inc. is busy recycling them for profit into their line of classic children’s toys. And as they point out on their website, every pound
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Child-Powered Toys, Trucks Give Batteries the Boot
When toy industry veteran designer and parent Chris Clemmer got together with a couple of friends and realized there’s a mint to be made in eco-toys of one form or another they sat down and came up with Sprig Toys. A new line of kid-powered toys
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Mattel Refuses to Officially Recall Toy with Lead Levels Eight Times Legal Limit
Way back in September Mattel’s chief executive Robert A. Eckert said the company "will do the right thing" when it comes to lead in toys. But 56 U.S. Lawmakers recently signed a letter headed his way that reads, essentially, "Don’t pee on my leg and
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Target Corp. Gets With Program, Begins Reducing Toxins in Toys, Bibs, Lunchboxes, Shower Curtains, and Packaging
While red is certainly the color of the season, I do suspect that Target may have utilized the singularly worst taste ever in creating the ad above. Whoever created it certainly deserves to have a "blue Christmas" indeed...
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A Child's Christmas
And in the end, holidays are about children and the joy of seeing their faces light up with the happiness and excitement of the occasion. When looking for gifts, it's hard to succeed with all the commercialism and advertisements for hideous toys and
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Healthy Toys Database Begins Cutting Through Confusion for Consumers Everywhere
In case you're feeling overwhelmed by the number of toys that have been found to contain lead, asbestos, mercury and the like of late, there's a new and searchable database that aims to cure your ills this holiday season. Under the organization of
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Fun with Asbestos: The CSI Fingerprinting Kit for Kids
With all of the concern over lead in toys, and the international attention that’s been focused on it, the folks at the Asbestos Disease Awareness Foundation have been quietly testing toys for asbestos. And, intriguingly, they’ve found it in a variety
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Lovable Baby Toys
Infants put everything in their mouth so mommies and daddies want to make sure that the toys that go in are well made in a good, safe and trustworthy factory. Sounds like fair trade and certified and environmentally friendly are the key words to look
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The Best Christmas Toy Ever For 2007: Miniature Windmill By Lehman's
This toy windmill is as good as it gets for budding TreeHuggers. Made out of steel in the good old USA. No poisonous, plastic parts from China (although we did not examine the small red hub pictured). And, it would look nice even on a balcony railing
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The Hydrogen Rocket: A Blast With My Kids and Maybe Yours Too?
With the holiday season just around the corner, it seems to me that the hydrogen powered rocket my students' and I gave a test run a couple of days ago may just be the perfect thing for that kid on your list who has everything but craves something
