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Ok, I'm never buying toys made in China again

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This is so messed up.....

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/19/bu...16800&emc=eta1
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Originally Posted by liliaceae View Post
This is so messed up.....

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/19/bu...16800&emc=eta1
Good luck finding toys that aren't made in China though. Have to start making them yourself or stopping by the Amish towns.
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80% of toys are made in China. We perfer to buy American, but it can be very difficult when it comes to toys.
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I have found that buying things second hand can prevent ending up with dangerous stuff like this. Usually a product gets recalled w/in a year or 2 of being manufactured. If you pay good attention to what is getting recalled, and then buy toys used that are already a few years old you can avoid some of these problems.

It is not foolproof, but it is much cheaper than avoiding items from China all together. Also, you are not supporting the new production of more toys by buying used.

Good article!! Just when you though GWB couldn't screw up anymore government agencies...
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I will not be buying any more toys made in China- at all. We just don't trust their manufacturing, or mass manufacturing here either, I guess- so we won't be buying factory toys at all anymore. We have a much different definition of 'safe' and 'non-toxic' than the toy industry does.

We've decided that while we are in the midst of removing the majority of toys we have already, anything new will have to be from local toymakers or trusted natural/organic vendors with documentation or personal knowledge of each product they sell.

Maybe that's extreme, but at the very least, it is helping us to make choices that are more in-keeping with the goal of simplifying our life. It will also keep the amount of toys from overtaking our dc's room since the toys we're interested in having are considerably more expensive per item than the ones they currently have. There are exceptions, though; we found some unfinished wooden cars for $1 each at a second hand store. That was a thrill!


I am also an aspiring toy-maker. I hope that someday I'll actually have the time, tools, and energy simultaneously... then you can buy from me, and my toys will be truly safe AND non-toxic!!!
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This is why we only buy Playmobil
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This is why we only buy Playmobil

Playmobil manufactures in Germany...but how do you know where they get their ingredients/components?

I really wish there were more detailed country of origin labels on products. "Made in __________" just doesn't tell the full story.
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I've tried to do made in China boycotts and actually succeeded for many years, but so much anymore is made there, due to outsourcing, cheap labour (prison labour too, yes, I have actually seen prison labor in China, so I sure believe it), etc.

I hate that I feel the need to do this, but frankly their quality control and abilities of their FDA is about where the US's was a century ago. Anyone remember reading in the history books about tainted milk, flour mixed with talc and worse to whiten it, moldy products, no quality control and corruption up the wazoo?

A China boycott though, is good for the pocketbook since you just won't be able to buy very much at all.
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Playmobil manufactures in Germany...but how do you know where they get their ingredients/components?

I really wish there were more detailed country of origin labels on products. "Made in __________" just doesn't tell the full story.

Because they create everything in house in their factories in germany and they have another on the island of Malta.....And on top of that they test every piece of their toys to make sure their safe...
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They've come a long way, especially since the CPSIA regulations put into place in 2008 began to be more strictly enforced. These days, I feel more comfortable buying toys from any reputable manufaturer, even if they contract to a factory in China. The products are actually carefully inspected both in Asia and once the goods get into the US; not like before, when anything could make it in with no questions asked.
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