HealthyStuff.org has tested thousands of toys since 2006. These test results are intended to help consumers with the information they need to make better choices when purchasing toys and other children's products.
Third Annual Consumer Guide to Toxic Chemicals in Toys to be Released for 2009 Holiday Shopping Season
Despite public outrage and new consumer protections to restrict lead and phthalates in children's products, the Ecology Center's latest research of popular children's toys and apparel still found lead, cadmium, mercury, bromine, chlorine (PVC), arsenic, and other harmful substances on store shelves. This year's findings show that lead - which has been linked to developmental and learning disabilities - is still being found in many products. However, an analysis of three years of test data shows the number of toys with elevated lead has been decreasing steadily.
Read a summary of testing results.
Toys tested in 2009 can be viewed, by level of chemical of concern detected, at the following links:
- Products with No Detected Chemicals of Concern*
- Products with Low Concern Levels
- Products with Medium Concern Levels
- Products with High Concern Levels
*Note: Chemicals of Concern tested for include Lead, Arsenic, Mercury, Cadmium, PVC or Bromine
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