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HealthyStuff.org has tested thousands of toys since 2007. 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 Released 2009 Holiday Shopping Season

According to our research, lead has been steadily decreasing in toys. In fact, the number of products with lead exceeding current federal standards for lead in toys (300 ppm) decreased by 2/3 (67%) since 2007. However, one in three of all toys tested (32%) this holiday season still contained one or more harmful chemical including lead, cadmium, arsenic, and mercury.

Read the full Press Release.
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, and Bromine.

Illinois Toy Screening Finds Toys Fail to Comply with Lead & Phthalate Limits

October 29 - Illinois Public Interest Research Group(PIRG) released a limited screening of 87 popular toys which showed some toys still violate CPSC standards for lead and conain illegal phthalates. Two out of seven toys tested for phthalates contained phthalates which were banned by the federal government earlier this year. Read the complete Illinois PIRG Report. Test results for the 87 toys are available at HealthyStuff.org >See test results

Test data from our February and March 2009 rounds of testing is available at the links below:

• 2009 February-March Toy Results
• 2009 Test My Toy Results Posted
• Natural/Organic Products Results Posted (#1) (#2)
• Get List of Products by Level of Concern

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