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Pros and Cons of Organic Baby Toys
By Danielle Thegreenerme
Buying organic baby toys sounds like a wise choice to keep your baby healthy, but is it really? And does it make sense for our wallet? Most of all, does buying organic baby toys really benefit the environment? On this page, we'll look into the pros and cons of organic baby toys. Be sure to leave your thoughts on this issue in the comments section! Cons of Organic Baby Toys Organic baby toys aren't the only thing that we have to buy today. As the money in everyone's budget decreases due to rising costs, pay cuts, and job losses, buying organic can seem like an "extra" we can do without. 1. It costs more money. Buying organic, in most instances, always costs more. That's money we could be putting back into our wallet to spend on other necessities. It also means we can more easily replace toys because of the cheaper price of non-organic toys. 2. How can we be sure the toys are really organic? Sure, there's certification processes, but who can really say that the item was grown under certain conditions, guaranteed? 3. Organic baby toys are harder to find. While they might be out there online, organic baby toys are tough to find in physical stores, and practically non-existent even in major chain stores, and they don't offer the wide array of organic toys like they do with non-organic. Pros of Buying Organic Baby Toys 1. Your baby is very vulnerable to chemicals. Upon birth, most babies are born with hundreds of chemicals already present in their bodies from the food their mothers ate, medications, clothing, and the surrounding environment. Exposing them to more chemicals through non-organic toys will put them in direct contact with these chemicals, in larger amounts. 2. Babies put things in their mouths. Buying a plastic, BPA filled baby pacifier or baby toy is exposing them to chemicals that can be harmful to their reproductive health, and has been linked to be the cause of many other health problems. While there is no Federal ban or regulation on using BPA, more and more products are emerging in the market without BPA as consumers become more aware of the harmful effects. In other words, if they're going to put something in their mouths, don't you want it to be free of chemicals? 3. Organic baby toys are better for the environment. The environment suffers worse consequences than we do for the use of pesticides, herbicides, insecticides, and other chemicals used to treat cotton. Organic farms use natural ways of pest control, and avoid using chemicals. Any chemicals used on plants runoff into the ground, eventually making their way into other plants, wildlife, and our own drinking water supply. So whether we like it or not, those chemicals eventually find their way into our bodies. 4. Certified organic cotton has to meet USDA certification requirements. To meet their criteria and call a product USDA certified organic, a lengthy list of requirements must be met. Starting an organic farm takes time, so right now, there are not as many organic farms as non-organic, but those numbers are growing. Toys that are not USDA certified organic do not have to meet any requirements for the cotton filling - which is scary considering the number of chemicals used on cotton. 5. By supporting organic toys, you are supporting organic farming. The more organic farms we have, the lower the price will go (eventually). Wouldn't it be nice if all farms were organic, and we didn't have to worry about pesticides and chemical use? Do you have any other pros or cons to add to the list of buying organic baby toys? The article listed below also has some recommended organic baby toys, from certified organic stuffed plush animals to organic wooden toys. |
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As a person who has farmland surrounding my home, I can definitely say I would rather live by a farm that uses little or no chemicals and I'm certain that if I had the choice of toys and other products that were chemical free for my baby, that's what I would choose.
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