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PVC-Free School Supplies
If your child was being bullied at school, you would take measures to prevent it, wouldn’t you? What if your child was being bullied by her own school supplies?
Don’t let toxic plastics bully your child.
Your child’s innocent-looking lunch box or binder could contain chemicals linked to learning disabilities, obesity, asthma, and even cancer. That’s because many school supplies are manufactured using the poison plastic: polyvinyl chloride (PVC). This plastic can contain a toxic stew of phthalates, lead, cadmium and organotins — making it a recipe for disaster. To a child’s developing body, even a small exposure to these toxicants can be dangerous.
What can you do to protect your child?
Start by downloading CHEJ’s 3rd annual Back-to-School Guide to PVC-Free School Supplies and learn about safer alternatives to PVC plastic. Or download the wallet-sized version. They are affordable, stylish and best of all, they won’t harm your child.
Let’s free our schools from the toxic grasp of the PVC bully.
What’s on your back-to-school shopping list? Will you be getting any eco-friendly or non-toxic supplies? Post your comments on the Parenting Community.
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