Strollers Treated With Flame Retardants?

Welcome to Part 3 of our search for strollers that are NOT treated with flame retardants or other toxic chemicals. Who would think that companies would add fire retardants to strollers?!! How is this protecting our children by having a 100% chance of exposing them to toxic chemicals every time they are running errands or traveling with us, and I can only guess a 0% chance of the flame retardant in a stroller saving a life! If there was a fire you wouldn’t be strapping your child in the stroller to run out of a house! You would be carrying them! Perhaps there are arguments for the use of these chemicals in childrens’ products like strollers but here at Organic Baby University, we do not believe the unlikely benefits outweigh the definite daily risks. So we have contacted every company we could think of to try to find out if they use toxic chemicals in their strollers. This is not our complete list as we are waiting on several company responses. It makes weeks and months to get information from some companies. We will have a link to part 4 when it is posted. So….Here are the results! We know this is a disappointing list but we have been repeatedly asked by you wonderful followers about these brands. We didn’t want you to think we were ignoring you and we have spent months and months trying to get this information. With some we have tried well over a year with no answer. At some point we decide that that is just not good enough and we make recommendations according to the information we have been provided…or NOT been provided. Education is the key to protecting your children!

We have highlighted the company name in our color code according to our view of the safety of chemical choices the company has made or the information they have provided.

• Green is for companies that have answered all of our questions and do not use harmful chemicals.
• Orange is for companies that may have given us partial answers or use no flame retardants but do use PVC for example. We will change these colors as we receive more information from the company.
• Red is used for companies that use chemicals that we believe are harmful to children. RED IS ALSO USED FOR COMPANIES WHO REFUSE TO ANSWER AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO GET ANSWERS…MANY TIMES AFTER MONTHS OF BEING RUN AROUND

*We recommend that everyone avoid ALL products owned by the Dorel Group. I have NOT been able to get an answer to any question about materials in their products for 3 years. We don’t recommend supporting companies that refuse to be transparent about what chemicals they are exposing our children to! When or if they ever give us answers we will update this blog accordingly

Stroller Companies:

MAXI COSI

No Flame retardant is used. The rainshield is made out of PVC film. This product does not contain BPA. Pthalates meets & exceeds the required government standards.

SAFETY FIRST-DOREL

REFUSAL TO ANSWER

EDDIE BAUER-DOREL

REFUSAL TO ANSWER

QUINNY

REFUSAL TO ANSWER

COSCO-DOREL

REFUSAL TO ANSWER

MIA MODA

REFUSAL TO ANSWER

HAUCK MALIBU

REFUSAL TO ANSWER

MOTHER’S CHOICE

Due to inability to reach manufacturer we are unable to get information

All the information is not guaranteed, rather it was received directly from the companies via email unless otherwise noted. All emails have been saved and documented by OBU. A green rating does not guarantee that there are no chemicals in the strollers. Only free of the chemicals that we inquired about according to their company. Your purchase is your vote! If you want safer products for our children, tell the companies you will only support companies that sell safer products!

YOU CAN ALSO VISIT OUR OTHER BLOGS IN THIS SERIES:

TOXIC FLAME RETARDANTS IN STROLLERS: PART 1

TOXIC FLAME RETARDANTS IN STROLLERS: PART 2

TOXIC FLAME RETARDANTS IN CHILDREN’S TOYS: INTRODUCTION

TOXIC FLAME RETARDANTS IN CHILDREN’S TOYS: PLUSH TOYS

FOR THE FULL SCIENTIFIC REPORT ON TOXIC FLAME RETARDANTS FOUND IN CHILDREN’S PRODUCTS CLICK HERE