recently i was at the store with my sister and we found some really cute camo lunchboxes for my son and one of her boys. she put one in her cart and kept walking. i picked one up and noticed a yellow tag on the handle, like the ones on sleepwear. confused i read the tag. it went something like this: 'the state of california has deemed that lead levels in the insulation of this lunchbox can lead to health concerns and food contamination'.
WHOA!!!
who in their right mind would buy a product with such a warning! i quickly put it back and told my sister to do the same. it's too bad, because they were cute lunchboxes, but not worth lead poisoning!
then i saw this link from parents magazine of form letters to send to senators and congresspeople to support the kid safe chemical act which would require companies to prove that all chemicals in their products are safe.
first print out or safe as a file with your name and information a form letter-
parents.com/kidsafe
then, find your representatives by typing in your zip code here-
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/directory/congdir.tt
then mail or email your letter so that we can ensure our kids are getting only safe products!
by the way, we didn't get those poisonous lunchboxes, and i ended up buying one from 'the children's place', where the clerk assured me that they test all their products and promised they were safe!
