Comments on: Since I don’t suck on it, I don’t care

By: Lucky Kids Mag – Missing the Point – Organic Onesies and Vinyl? : The Smart Mama

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 05:08:40 +0000

[...] for children under the age of 12, they may have lead in them. Now, before you tell me your kids won’t lick the wall decals, keep in mind that lead in a vinyl doesn’t like being in the matrix and will migrate to the [...]

By: Kara

Kara — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 01:27:00 +0000

Some of us are old enough to remember when toothpaste came in lead tubes. It crimped well, but we put that stuff in our mouths two or three times a day, every day for years. It is likely that we dropped several IQ points as a result. Now we can top it all off with Alzheimer’s. Thank you, Jennifer. Keep up the good work!

By: National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week : The Smart Mama

National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week : The Smart Mama — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 05:28:16 +0000

[...] salts are usually used to stabilize vinyl. Lead is often used. It doesn’t matter if you don’t suck on your fake leather (vinyl) purse – handling it can result in transfer from your hands to your mouth, or from your hands to [...]

By: Olivia

Olivia — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:47:21 +0000

Jennifer–thanks for this! So it just hit me that my Fleurville diaper bag, which I love, is made with vinyl on the outside. I’m currently using it for my second child and it’s a great bag! Since it’s vinyl, does that mean for sure that lead is leaching out of it? The website simply says that the company uses no PVC.

By: Erin

Erin — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:05:24 +0000

I have been looking for a home lead testing kit. I read about several online but then also read reviews that said the results are unreliable. Do you have one that you recommend? Thanks.

By: Nava

Nava — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:44:28 +0000

Thank you for getting this message out! I was [sort of] the same way; you see there’s a stroller the Mountain Buggy Double Jungle that I had heard was not allowed to be sold in the US because they found lead in the hubcaps. In my limited knowledge, I thought ‘hey, my kid doesn’t lick stroller hubcaps, who cares if I bought it.’ A week later -as he became more proficient in crawling/cruising- by baby did just that to our current stroller– HE LICKED THE WHEELS AND HUBS! I was horrified. Horrified at myself for being so narrow-minded and thinking it wouldn’t affect me!
I am SOOOOO thankful you’re spreading the word on lead in the world around us and expanding our minds enough so we can see that we all track lead dust around, even if we don’t think so.

-N

By: Rachel @ Busy Mommy Media

Rachel @ Busy Mommy Media — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:20:16 +0000

My kids may not lick the walls but they touch them and they sure do lick their hands. I used to do daycare and it still shocks me how unconcerned some parents are about lead. Great post!

By: Teena Price

Teena Price — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:45:34 +0000

Jennifer – I just want to say a heartfelt THANK YOU for your message above! I hear the ‘well such and such likely had exposure to lead as a child and they are fine’ comment ALL the time – it drives me nuts!