Word: vinyl
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...Phthalates have been used in consumer products for more than 50 years. During that time, no reliable research has ever found that phthalates cause negative health effects in humans. The Consumer Product Safety Commission in 2003 completed a four-year review of the main phthalate used in vinyl toys (called DINP) and found "no demonstrated health risk" and "no justification" for banning it, as the City of San Francisco has done. Exhaustive governmental safety reviews of these products in the U.S. and in Europe have found phthalates safe for children's toys. In addition, studies by scientists at Harvard University...
Saturday morning the sun poured in as I checked the room. The bed was at chest height, made up and empty, with clean, fresh sheets over the vinyl mattress. As I turned to leave, I was blocked by a nurse, an older Irish lady with a doleful look on her face. She had taken care of David last night...
...Children can be exposed to phthalates by chewing on soft vinyl toys or similar products. So dispose of all teethers, pacifiers, nipples, "sippy cups" and heavily mouthed toys made of soft plastic, unless they are labeled as PVC-free or phthalate-free...
...your health care provider for phthalate-free medical care, checking pharmaceutical labels for presence of phthalates and, when building or remodeling, avoiding PVC (vinyl) materials that will add phthalates to indoor environments...
...seven (all under age 30) in Warren, N.J., but the dolls, which come in five sizes, from 14 in. to 6 ft., are sewn by hand in Korea and assembled in China. They range in cost from $7 to $600. The company also sells keychains, T shirts, limited-edition vinyl figures, a card game and a How to Draw Uglydoll book...