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Why Do We Need Healthy Children’s Products?

Everyone knows that the safety of our children comes first. HealthyStuff is testing a broad range of children's products, ranging from car seats to backpacks to apparel. Our tests of children's products illustrate that it is not just toys that contain hazardous chemicals.

New Report Released on Homone Disrupting Chemicals in Consumer Products

Study highlights the presence of NPEs (nonylphenol ethoxylates) and BPA (bisphenol A) in paint, toys and personal care products

On December 13, our colleagues at the Environmental Health Strategy Center released an exclusive new report, Poison in Paint, Toxics in Toys, on two groups of hormone disrupting chemicals in common household products. For the first time, more than 650 brand name household products that contain one of two toxic chemicals of high concern, NPEs (nonylphenol ethoxylates) and BPA (bisphenol A), have been publicly identified. Twenty-five manufacturers reported their use of NPEs and BPA in consumer products sold in Maine under a 2008 state law on chemical safety.

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The report is authored by the Envrionmental Health Strategy Center, and co-released by Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families and Safer States.
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Hazardous heavy metals contaminate most Halloween make-up, tests show

flickr-eflon Consumer product researchers at the nonprofit Ecology Center have released new test data showing the universal presence of chemical hazards in Halloween make-up. The Ecology Center found one or more toxic heavy metals in 100 percent of the 31 Halloween make-up products tested. More than half (16 of 31) of the products tested contained detectable levels of cadmium, a reproductive and neural toxicant and carcinogen. This study comes on the heels of a bill (SB 764) introduced in the Michigan legislature last week to ban cadmium and mercury in certain children's products.