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Safer Teethers
Are there phthalates in your teething toys?? What are phthalates you ask? Diisononyl phthalates are chemicals which are used in the production of some toys in an effort to make them softer. After a number of studies using rats and mice (I’ll spare you the details…) found the substance to be potentially harmful, the government asked companies to voluntarily stop using them in the production of toys for children. Teethers came under scrutiny because of course they are mouthed by infants increasing the risk of ingestion of anything harmful leeching from the plastic!
There are a number of companies who took the challenge to make toys 
without this potentially harmful chemical. Those companies are…Arcotoys, The First Years, Chicco, Evenflo, Disney, Gerber, Hasbro, Little Tykes, Mattel, Safety First, Sassy, Shelcore Toys and Tyco Preschool.
**If the teething toys that you are currently using were purchased before 1999 you should toss them just to be on the safe side**
