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Vol.150/No.42 Anxious parents go organic
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to come on stage and play Lawrence Youth Ballet Co. tival of films by, for and here’s a six-week wait for a $15 stainless steel businesses that cater to chemical- to its suppliers, who must
with the band (or just lurk dances beloved tales. Kid about women. Benefits local sippy cup made without harmful compounds. At conscious moms and dads. New parents begin complying on August
the annual toy show in New York last month, — a growing portion of whom are 1. Whole Foods plans to start
like me). 9pm, @ Jazzhaus, Friendly. Sat 7pm, Sun 2pm women’s causes. 2pm, @ Liberty Energy smart: The Journal-
World makes the most of retailers lined up to put in orders for a children’s tea set members of tech savvy and advertising- selling its own brand of baby
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6 63718 00001 6 some big box chains are eager to start sell- Parents are have turned to blogs to of boutique bottle makers,
ing a $300 organic crib mattress that was read up on the potential including one that markets
www.lawrenceartscenter.com tested in a special chamber to ensure it willing to pay health effects of plastic an $18 shatter-proof glass
doesn’t emit any dangerous gases. handsomely for additives such as bottle with nipples imported
Last year’s recalls of lead-tainted toys phthalates and bisphenol from France — seven times
alerted many parents to the possible peace of mind. A, and to track down pricier than the typical
presence of toxic substances where they products that contain model.
least expected it: in their child’s favorite toy. alternative compounds, no matter how Parents such as Laurie
Entrepreneurs and national retailers learned a lesson obscure. Cunningham and her
too: Uncertainty over the safety of the everyday To be sure, the families buying these husband, Travis Bowen,
products that surround their children means parents products make up a small segment of the choose to err on the side of
are willing to pay handsomely for peace of mind. U.S. households with children under age caution, even if it means
All they have to do is look at the rapid growth of 3, which totaled 12 million in 2006, paying more.
according to the U.S. Census. But market Last summer, the
researchers say their disposable income Centreville, Va., couple
makes them influential beyond their started looking for an organic
numbers. They’ve helped spur growth in crib mattress because they
the multimillion-dollar market for baby wanted to avoid exposing
furnishings, clothing, gear and personal- their daughter, Samantha,
care products that would otherwise inch now 8 months old, to
forward in lock step with the nation’s potentially harmful flame-
not-so-fast birth rate. Continued on page 11
Major retailers are taking notice. While
the Food and Drug Administration last
month said the health effects of
phthalates, for example, are not clear,
Toys R Us said that by year-
end it would not sell baby
products that contain the
compounds. Wal-Mart Stores
handed down a similar edict
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ALEXA HUTCHINS of Centerville, Va., gives her 6-month-old son,
Max, toys she believes are free of harmful manufacturing chemicals,
such as a wooden teether and handmade cloth blocks. In the wake of
last year’s headlines about toxic substances turning up in toys for chil-
dren, more parents are embracing products without plastic or chemical
compounds.
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