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Plastic sippy-cups (imbibing benzene particles for babies)?
The next time you place a plastic cup on the table, or hand a sippy-cup to your child (instant chemicals in the system)... are we thinking what's going in (lead paint on the coloring? benezene in the plastic?) -- and where it came from/was made? I'd sure like an across-the-board study on when/where/why we all don't use PAPER CUPS anymore. And why kids have to walk-around with sippy cups, and soccer moms feel kids must drink everywhere... which created the need for using plastic? (who's fault is that). Even bottled water for adults -- when heated upon traveling, or plastic dishes being mic'waved... there HAS to be displacement of chemicals from the plastic?
It's always made me laugh, that the USA toy industry has gone to China -- and I look for the 'Made in China' label, even on the underside of plastic animals, dinosaurs, and fast-food giveaway toys... sure, they find their way into kids mouths, the way my Army Men were chewed when I was a kid... but this is more serious.
I check the platic type before I give anything to my daughter. If you look on the bottom for the recycling symbol, 3, 6, and 7 are the kinds of plastic that are harmful and should be avoided. 1,2, 4, and 5 are safe. I have noticed that many of the items I owned were fine. Some were 7's. Those Gerber baby food packs are 7's.
Aside from checking the numbers, I really try not to worry about it so much. Like you said, we chewed on all those toys too when we were little. I definitely think our kids are exposed to more these days, so you just do the best you can to limit the things you have control over.
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