Chinese-made Toys, No way!
Chinese-made toys contain dangerous chemicals!
Toys are expected to be hot seller this holiday season. No matter what, just to maximize profit is what really matter to these retailers and manufacturers. Is this a prize for a cheap labor and bigger profit?
Retailers around the world including nations around China scrambled to pull popular toy brands off the shelves. This is after selling all of them to not suspecting consumers, our innocent children. Too late! The chemicals from these Chinese-made toys were found to mimic the effects of the so called date rape drug. Spin Master Ltd. Distribute these health hazard toys in North America.
These Chinese-made toys are being sold by all retailers here in America and that includes Target Corp. and Wal-Mart stores. Are these manufacturers and retailers exists just for mere profit? What the heck! Know what? This is substituting toxic chemical with a safe type of glue during manufacturing. What is the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission doing?
Are these Chinese companies don’t know better? Are they using cheap products or just cutting corners? Their issue about child labor has not been resolved yet. And now there is another bigger issue. And come to think of it, it is about safety issue of children — of our children.
Recognized one of these? Aquadots, Bindeez, Moose Enterprises of Melbourne, Australia.
The Danger of Plastics
It is with regret that some companies or stores still use plastics to sell or promote their products and services. Manufacturers use plastic in packaging since manufacture of plastics is cheaper than making paper and ceramics, thus increase their profit. This is clear detrimental to the safety and health of their customers. And this is purely trading safety for convenience.
This Christmas Season, let me share something that is truly helpful and healthful to you and your love ones especially your children:
- Avoid microwaving in plastic containers. When heating your food this Christmas, use ceramic or glass. When plastic is used, heat release chemicals into food.
- Store you food in ceramic containers. Metal canisters made for cold and hot food, brown paper bags and waxed paper may be used as alternatives too.
- Avoid cling-wraps. Use paper instead. Most cling-wraps used by grocery stores contain high level of PVC or polyvinyl chloride.
- If you can’t avoid plastics, limit your exposure to it. If you buy food in plastic, transfer it into a friendly container once you get home.
- Look for PVC-free brands of plastics. Plastic containers come with label, those triangles with numbers inside and found at the bottom. Avoid numbers 3, 6 and 7. The safest are 1, 2 and 5. These are the type of plastics used in soda and water bottles.
This Christmas season, enjoy the holidays by not adding to the sky high profits of these companies that don’t care about the welfare and safety their valued customers.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all!
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