I am finding that my blog is defining who I am or at the very least magnifying those topics or causes that are important to me.  Lead poisoning is of interest to me because of my grandchildren, my personal health and the health of others. It is also of interest to me because years ago I sold a house to a pathologist here in Portland who wrote his doctorate on lead poisoning. We’ve had lengthy discussions about lead.

Yesterday our evening news had information about this year’s Christmas toys that contain lead and how you can find out which toys those are.  The website that has that information is healthytoys.org.  HealthyToys.org includes test results for more than 1,500 toys and children’s products. It lists the toys that are safe and those that are not and they aren’t all from China.  In addition, there are other chemicals in the toys that are dangerous to kids.

At this Christmastime, the toys your children may want could be hazardous to their health and it’s worth checking to see if those toys they are longing for are tainted with lead.

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