{"id":10532,"date":"2013-09-04T10:52:05","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T17:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145696.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=10532"},"modified":"2013-09-04T10:52:05","modified_gmt":"2013-09-04T17:52:05","slug":"toxic-school-supplies-how-safe-are-your-childrens-binders-lunchbags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/toxic-school-supplies-how-safe-are-your-childrens-binders-lunchbags\/","title":{"rendered":"Toxic School Supplies: How safe are your children’s binders & lunchbags?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Healthful school supplies even crossed your mind?<\/p>\n
We think organic\/unprocessed foods<\/a><\/strong>, nontoxic personal care<\/a><\/strong>, even eco-friendly clothing<\/a><\/strong>, but when it comes to items like lunch bags and binders we may not even think twice. Many school supplies are made with plastics that release toxins. Not what you want your child eating their healthy lunch out of 5 days a week.<\/p>\n The Center for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ) <\/a><\/strong>has released their Back to School Guide for 2013. This annual guide covers ways to go PVC-free this school year.<\/p>\n Vinyl (PVC) is a toxic material that releases a host of nasty chemicals during production, use, and disposal. These chemicals are harmful to our health (children are said to be particularly susceptible to their effects) and build up in our bodies over time. Related health issues are asthma, certain cancers, learning and development disabilities, obesity, diabetes, and birth defects.<\/p>\n A whopping 75% of children\u2019s school supplies \u2013 like backpacks, vinyl lunchboxes, raincoats, rainboots, and 3-ring binders \u2013 that were lab tested had elevated levels of phthalates. Not just high, these levels would be illegal<\/em> if the products were toys.<\/p>\n The good news is, there are PVC-free school supplies that will keep our kids away from these harmful toxins. \u00a0For more information on keeping your children\u2019s supplies PVC-free check out the CHEJ Annual Back to School Guide to PVC-free School Supplies<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n [Image by goatling at Flickr.com, cc]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When it comes to items like lunch bags and binders we may not even think twice, but many school supplies are made with plastics that release toxins. Find out how to keep your kids PVC-free this school year with the annual CHEJ Back to School Guide. More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":10533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[1294,7314,592,634,7315,7316,7317],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/SchoolSuppliesbygoatling.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10532"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Some of the chemicals released by PVC:<\/h3>\n
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