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Don’t Let Toxic Plastics Bully Your Child. Find PVC-Free School Supplies!
Healthy Child
Tuesday, August 03, 2010
If your child was being bullied at school, you would take measures to prevent it, wouldn’t you? What if your child was being bullied by her own school supplies?
Your child’s innocent-looking lunch box or binder could contain chemicals linked to learning disabilities, obesity, asthma, and even cancer. That’s because many school supplies are manufactured using the poison plastic: polyvinyl chloride (PVC). This plastic can contain a toxic stew of phthalates, lead, cadmium, and organotins—making it a recipe for disaster. To the developing body of a child, even a small exposure to these toxicants can be dangerous.
What can you do to protect your child from this bully? Start by downloading CHEJ’s 3rd annual Back-to-School Guide to PVC-Free School Supplies and learn about safer alternatives to PVC plastic. They are affordable, available, stylish, and best of all; they won’t harm your child.
Let’s free our schools from the toxic grasp of the PVC bully. Check out the Back-to-School Guide to PVC-Free School Supplies TODAY.
What’s on your back-to-school shopping list? Will you be getting any eco-friendly or non-toxic supplies?
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Posted by J Rook on 08/03/2010 at 11:47 AM
I am also concerned about many products that utilize natural ingredients that are not safe for children merely because they are natural. At the extreme Uranium is a natural substance I don’t think anyone would consider a safe product ingredient. Thyme or Thyme Oil should also worthy of concern. Thyme or Thymol (C10H14O), also known as 2-isopropyl-5-methylphenol, 3-Hydroxy-1-methyl-4-isopropyl benzene and 3-Hydroxy-p-cymene, is identified by the Pesticide Action Network (PAN) as a “Bad Actor”. For a CHEMICAL to be classified as a PAN Bad Actor, it must be in either the Extremely Toxic or Highly Toxic. It is also interesting to note that in an article on www.healthline.com regarding the dangers of thyme oil http://www.healthline.com/natstandardcontent/thyme-thymol, there is no proven safe or effective dose for Thyme Oil and Thymol for adults or children.