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CHEJ Newsletter: Tell Toys "R" Us to play it safe - phase out PVC

11/27/2010 23:12:00 admin

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Attention Holiday Shoppers:

Tell Toys "R" Us to play it safe - phase out PVC

Hi John,

Despite promises to reduce toxic chemicals in toys, new testing shows that Toys R Us continues to sell products made out of PVC, the “poison plastic”, without adequate cautionary labeling for parents. Chemicals released during PVC's lifecycle are linked to chronic diseases on the rise in children including asthma, learning disabilities, obesity and cancer.

The report, Toxic Toys R Us: PVC Toxic Chemicals in Toys and Packaging, shows that 72% of all toys tested contained PVC. Of the toys tested only one indicated the presence of PVC making it nearly impossible for parents and caregivers like you and me to make informed, healthy choices.

TAKE ACTION and demand that Toys R Us keep our children safe by posting a message on the Toys R Us’ Facebook “wall”.

Here is how:

1.) Change your profile picture to the Toxic Toys R Us image stored at the following link. When you arrive at the page, right click on the image and save to your desktop. Then, sign in to your Facebook account and upload the image as your profile picture. If you don’t want to change your profile picture, you can skip to step 2. The image will look like the logo to the right.

2.) Visit the Toys R Us Facebook page and click on the “Like” icon. It looks like a hand with a thumb up. The page will automatically refresh.

3.) After that, click on the “Wall” tab at the top of the page.

4.) Next, click on the “Post” icon. It looks like a green message bubble with quotation marks located underneath the “Wall” tab.

5.) Now, write your message in the text box that appears and click “Share.” Here’s some sample text you can post to their wall:

Toys R Us, play it safe: phase out toxic PVC toys. www.ToxicToysRUs.com

Toys R Us: Stop toying around with our children’s health! Phase out toxic PVC toys. www.ToxicToysRUs.com

Watch out for toxic toys on your holiday list this year. Learn more at www.ToxicToysRUs.com

I’m tired of broken promises: Toys R Us, please phase out PVC toys and packaging and switch to safer materials this Christmas www.ToxicToysRUs.com

We have a right to know: please label what goes into your toys, and phase out PVC! www.ToxicToysRUs.com

Toys R Us is the leading specialty retailer of toys and juvenile products worldwide. They have the responsibility and the power to act, and phase out PVC and its toxic additives out of the global toy supply chain.

Yours for a toxic-free future,

Mike Schade, PVC Campaign Coordinator

Center for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ)

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