Safe Non Toxic
Safe Non Toxic
Non-Toxic Toys
Parents are rightly concerned with the safety of their children’s toys. Toys are recalled everyday due to lead, arsenic, PVC, and other heavy metal content. There has been an increasing concern in the safety of toys made in other countries because safety standards can be low, or hard to monitor on toys coming from outside of the U.S.
Recent legislation has put new standards and testing requirements on toy makers that should help the situation. Toy makers must adhere to the testing standards and cannot sell toys that contain toxic chemicals or heavy metals. All toys must go through testing before they can be sold. However, a lot of the companies that already produce environmentally friendly, safe, non-toxic toys will be negatively affected by the legislation because they can’t afford the testing to prove that they’re safe products are actually safe.
It’s a double edged sword. As parents, we want our children’s toys tested and guaranteed safe. However, we don’t want to shut down these small businesses that are actually doing a lot of good in the community. Handmade toys and clothes generate a lot of income for families throughout the U.S. However, as the legislation stands, they will not be allowed to sell anything unless they go through a third-party testing facility, which charges hundreds or even thousands of dollars per toy for testing.
Many people are writing to Congress asking that the rules be modified to keep handmade toys and children’s products on the market. Hopefully an agreement can be met that satisfies parent’s needs for safety in their children’s products and makes safety standards attainable for small businesses.
In the meantime, you may consider making some of your own handmade toys. It is fun and rewarding to craft your own toys, and it’s something that you can involve your children in. You can teach them about the value of working hard to make something of exceptional value. Talk about how toys that are handmade are special, because every one is unique. Handmade toys can be heirloomed and cherished for generations.
Wood products for building toys can be found online through wood manufacturing companies. You can make your own blocks, cars, games and more. Some companies offer finishing services and use a toxin-free, heavy metal-free finish, putting your worries ate ease.
Shopping for wood parts to build toys can be exciting and inspiring. You may be surprised what you find and decide to give it a try. Wood manufacturers that sell toy parts will often offer custom services. They can carve specialty pieces, add hardware, and even boy toys for you to give as gifts.
You and your child can use your imagination and build things together. You may want to start with an assortment of wood toy parts, like balls, dowels, buttons, and blocks. You can use a dowel to create axels on trucks, wagons and more. Buttons and knobs can help you decorate. Custom game pieces can help you to create family fun that will be treasured for generations. Keep your family safe and experience the joy of creating your own wooden toys together.
About the Author
About the Author: Dave Murphy is the founder and president of Good Wood, Inc. which manufactures wood products in Ohio. Good Wood, Inc. makes dowels and dowel rods, wooden balls, wood knobs, wooden toy parts, custom wood parts, and more. They offer safe wood finishing, wood turning and can import dowels from off-shore suppliers when necessary. Visit http://www.goodwoodinc.com for your wood product needs.
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Non-toxic Cleaning Around the House – Part 1
Perhaps you have sensitive skin, or one of the kids is asthmatic, maybe you don’t want to use harsh chemicals around your home. There are so many products in our supermarkets for use in household cleaning it is absolutely overwhelming. Think about this. If we bought one item for every job in our house, we would most likely end up with hundreds of products in our cleaning cupboard. Well, I am here to tell you that grandmother was most probably right. All you need is some simple know-how, elbow-grease and the right ingredients to make your own non-toxic cleaners.
Just go online and look at the many sites, which sell cleaning products. I found too many to surf through and frankly, it became quite a chore. Learning to make some homemade recipes, can really be satisfying, and so much cheaper particularly if you take time to understand how some of the supplies work. Here are some simple ingredients, which are safe, effective, cheap, and make excellent cleaning products.
Bicarbonate of soda – (aka Baking Soda)
Inorganic compound, white, crystalline salt of sodium, chemical formula NaHCO3. It is a weak base and dissociates into water and carbon dioxide gas as it dissolves in the presence of hydrogen ions. In addition to household uses as an antacid, cleaner, and deodorizer, it is used in manufacturing effervescent salts and beverages and baking powder. Industrial uses include production of other sodium salts, treatment of wool and silk, and use in pharmaceuticals, sponge rubber, fire extinguishers, cleaners, lab reagents, mouthwash, used in bath salts and deodorant body powders, and gold and platinum plating.
Sprinkled on a damp sponge or cloth, baking soda can be used as a gentle nonabrasive cleanser for kitchen counter tops, sinks, bathtubs, ovens, and fibreglass. OzFreeOnline.com has an enormous classified section with literally thousands of advertisements. If you register, log in and search you will find loads of information on all of the basic products I have mentioned here.
Baking soda will eliminate perspiration odours and even neutralize the smell of many chemicals if you add up to a cup per load to the laundry. It is a useful air freshener, and a fine carpet deodorizer and denture cleaning products. It is also found in some anti-plaque mouthwash products and toothpaste.
When baking soda is used as a cleaner in paste form or dry on a damp sponge, its crystalline structure provides a gentle abrasion that helps to remove dirt without scratching sensitive surfaces. Its mild alkalinity works to turn up fatty acids contained in dirt and grease into a form of soap that can be dissolved in water and rinsed easily. A fantastic site is livingthing.net.au, where I searched and found some wonderful natural recipes for cleaning products. This site recommends that natural cleaning or ‘green cleaning’ is a way to clean your home with fewer cleaning products and safer alternatives.
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