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Breaking News: Healthytoys.org releases 2008 safe toy report
December 3, 2008 Christine Stuart, CT News Junkie
West Hartford mom Elizabeth O’Neill waited patiently Wednesday afternoon as Chris Corcoran used a handheld X-ray fluorescent light to test her kids’ toys. Read more
Holiday toy safety - Coalition tests toys for toxins
December 9, 2008 Gregory Hyman, West Hartford News
A group of concerned citizens is warning area parents that some very popular - even ubiquitous - toys may be putting their children's health in jeopardy... Read more
1 in 3 toys found to be toxic
December 7, 2008 Scott Whipple, The New Britain Herald
The Coalition for a Safe and Healthy Connecticut and its partners nationwide have released the second annual consumer guide to toxic chemicals in toys at HealthyToys.org... Read more
Website Offers Advice On Safety Of Children's Toys
December 4, 2008 David Funkhouser, The Hartford Courant
Wondering if that plastic stegosaurus or well-dressed doll carries a little toxic baggage? If last year's recall... Read more
Are Your Toys Naughty or Nice
December 3, 2008 Amanda Raus, WVIT 30, NBC affiliate
The Coalition for a Safe and Healthy Connecticut is helping parents pick out safe toys this holiday season. Read more and see the video
Survey Finds Lead, Arsenic In Toys
December 3, 2008 Hallie Jackson, WFSB 3, CBS affiliate
A new survey has found that one in three popular toys on sale right now have significant amounts of toxic chemicals in them. Read more and see the video
It's no game: Some toys declared toxic
December 2, 2008 Jill Bodach, Norwalk Hour
Some of the most popular toy brands, including High School Musical, made this year's unsafe toy list. Read more
Hartford Courant calls for limits on BPA
September 23, 2008 Hartford Courant
The Hartford Courant published an editorial on Sept. 23, taking a strong stand against the FDA’s position on the safety of Bisphenol-A. Read more The editorial questions the FDA’s refusal to adjust its position – asserting that BPA is safe – in the face of increasing scientific evidence that the chemical can cause serious health problems for humans.
Lawmakers Punted Chance to Lead Against Plastics
August 4, 2007 Ken Dixon forum.connpost.com
If you're the glass-half-full type...Read More
Toxin Avengers
May 15, 2008 Hartford and New Haven Advocate
Yale panel discusses problem chemicals in personal care products. Read More
Health Groups Hail Senate Vote on Toxic Toys
May 11, 2008 Wilton Villager and Norwalk Hour
Advocacy groups in Connecticut say that a vote Tuesday night by the state Senate puts the state one step closer to banning toxic chemicals from children's toys.
Legislative Session 2008
May 8, 2008 The Hartford Courant
Toy Safety: Advocates are hailing the Senate's passage of legislation that would remove lead and asbestos from children's toys starting next year...
Congress' Chemical Concerns
Week of May 8, 2008 National Public Radio
Powerful Congressional committees want to know what's gone wrong with toxic chemical regulation and the science that's needed to safeguard public health. Living on Earth's Jeff Young tells us the wave of investigations are tied to public outrage over potentially toxic baby bottles. . Read More
Playing Shouldn't Involve Risk
May 4, 2008, Letter to the Editor by Shannon Jacovino, Hartford Courant
As a mother of a 2-year-old, I encourage the legislature to...
Retailers yanking plastic bottles
Sunday, May 4, 2008 New Haven Register
Amid growing concern about the chemical used to make some hard plastic bottles, the store has stopped selling Nalgene bottles and is completely sold out of what is considered a safe alternative, Sigg aluminum water bottles. Read More
Hazards to kids
Friday, May 2, 2008 Letter to the Editor by Annamarie Beaulieu, MPH, The Stamford Advocate
Thankfully, a very significant first step toward safer children's products in Connecticut was taken this week as the state House of Representatives passed a bill reducing permissible levels of lead in children's products (editorial, April 28). Regardless of what side of the "toxic toy" controversy one supports, this latest effort to protect children's health from a substance that is indisputably unsafe at any level of exposure should be applauded. ....Read More
House Approves Rules on Lead levels in Toys
May 1, 2008, David Funkhouser, The Hartford Courant
Toy manufacturers would have to cut back levels of lead in toys and other children's products sold in Connecticutm starting next year, based on legislation passed this week by the state House of Representatives...
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