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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Jen[/i] [br][b]Smart Shoppers' Toys Card[/b] http://www.thegreenguide.com/doc/105/kidtoysssc If you're shopping for toys this holiday season, [b]LOOK FOR:[/b] Organic, untreated cotton, wool (No pesticides; wool is fire resistant) Unfinished, solid, sustainable wood - not plywood or laminated wood (No toxic paint or fumes) ACMI’s AP label on art supplies (Screens out toxic materials) PVC-free toys: Brio, Chicco, Early Start, Lego, Little Tykes, Primetime Playthings, Sassy and Tiny Love (Protect from phthalates, lead, cadmium) [b]LOOK OUT FOR:[/b] PVC plastic (#3 recycling symbol) (Hormone-disrupting phtalates, carcinogenic dioxins) Mercury in batteries (Harms developing brains) Lead in jewelry and metal toys (Harms developing brains) Stain- and moth-proofed fabrics (Can trigger allergic reactions) [brown][size=1]The View From My Boots: [green]www.bovesboots.blogspot.com[/green] [/size=1][/brown] [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.