How To Choose Nontoxic Plastic Toys
As a Disney Audit Plastic Factory,We would like to inform you little tips for how to to choose nontoxic plastic toys generally?
Turn that new plastic item over before you plunk down your cash.
Plastic products are labeled using the resin identification coding system developed by the SPI. To locate these codes, look for a single number surrounded by three chasing arrows that form a triangle, usually on the bottom of a plastic product. Here are the seven codes, as provided by the American Chemistry Council:
- Resin code 1: PET: Polyethylene Terephthalate, nicknamed polyester
- Resin code 2: HDPE: High Density Polyethylene
- Resin code 3: PVC: Polyvinyl Chloride, also called vinyl
- Resin code 4: LDPE: Low Density Polyethylene
- Resin code 5: PP: Polypropylene
- Resin code 6: PS: Polystryene
- Resin code 7: OTHER: This code is used to label products made with a resin not already categorized, or a combination of the resins listed above.
Those marked with a #3 are PVC plastic containing potentially harmful phthalates, and those marked with a #7 may contain polycarbonate plastic, which is made with dangerous Bisphenol A(BPA).
You can also check toy packaging for the label "ASTM." This label indicates that the American Society for Testing and Materials has found that the toy meets national safety standards, and therefore should not contain toxic chemicals
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