Aiiii! Despite assurances from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission last May that vinyl baby bibs are more or less safe, Toys 'R Us is pulling 160,000 of them off its shelves
as a precaution. Testing continues on a variety of vinyl bibs to
determine lead content, and while some have been found to be safe,
other brands are still in a testing phase, so Toys 'R Us is pulling all
of them to prevent confusion.
Too bad, I am confused already.
Actually, not so much. The CPSC issued a statement last May
saying that vinyl bibs, even if containing lead (which many do), are
essentially safe as long as they remain intact and in good condition.
But if they deteriorate to the point where a baby could pull or bite
off a piece and swallow it, there would be a concern that enough lead
would therefore be ingested to cause a health concern.
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