Comments on: Soft Plastic Toys Can Be Dangerous For Health Of Children http://www.babycaredaily.com/soft-plastic-toys-can-be-dangerous-for-health-of-children/ baby care daily Sat, 27 Nov 2010 16:41:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tara http://www.babycaredaily.com/soft-plastic-toys-can-be-dangerous-for-health-of-children/comment-page-1/#comment-581 Tara Sun, 06 Jun 2010 19:46:21 +0000 http://www.babycaredaily.com/?p=67#comment-581 I agree that this article is ovwersimplified. There is so much more information on PVC, plastics, and what is happening to our babies/children/us and enviroment due to the use of these hazardeous materials and chemicals. Plastics in gerneral are hazardeous to our environment, expensive to recycle and really hazardeous products like plastics are never really recycled just put out there for the consumer to keep using. Lets just limit our purchases and usage of plastics if and when we can. There are so many other options out there now. Be creative! Lets move forward consicously and love our environment, and all it's inhabitants including us. :o) I agree that this article is ovwersimplified. There is so much more information on PVC, plastics, and what is happening to our babies/children/us and enviroment due to the use of these hazardeous materials and chemicals. Plastics in gerneral are hazardeous to our environment, expensive to recycle and really hazardeous products like plastics are never really recycled just put out there for the consumer to keep using. Lets just limit our purchases and usage of plastics if and when we can. There are so many other options out there now. Be creative! Lets move forward consicously and love our environment, and all it’s inhabitants including us. :o )

]]> By: Ludwig http://www.babycaredaily.com/soft-plastic-toys-can-be-dangerous-for-health-of-children/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Ludwig Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:27:47 +0000 http://www.babycaredaily.com/?p=67#comment-5 This article, sadly, oversimplifies and misleads. The problem is not soft plastics. The problem relates to additives (certain kinds of phthalates) which are used to make certain plastics (e.g., PVC) soft. There are soft plastics which contain no phthalates and from which there are no issues. The phthalates themselves only cause a problem when children are exposed to large amounts. It is very unlikely any harm is done in normal exposure from a few toys. However, as a general policy, it probably makes sense to limit exposure of children to phthalates. This article, sadly, oversimplifies and misleads. The problem is not soft plastics. The problem relates to additives (certain kinds of phthalates) which are used to make certain plastics (e.g., PVC) soft. There are soft plastics which contain no phthalates and from which there are no issues.

The phthalates themselves only cause a problem when children are exposed to large amounts. It is very unlikely any harm is done in normal exposure from a few toys. However, as a general policy, it probably makes sense to limit exposure of children to phthalates.

]]>