Tag Archives: flame retardants in car seats

The Search for a Less Toxic Car Seat-Part 7- Cybex

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Jennifer Hankey

Here at Organic Baby University we are passionate about protecting pregnant women and children from harmful chemicals in everyday products. We have learned that while there are many products where you can purchase products FREE of these chemicals if you … Continue reading →

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The Search for a Less Toxic Car Seat-Part 6-Chicco

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Jennifer Hankey

So we are onto our next company to find out how safe their seats are when it comes to chemicals-Chicco! We started with Healthycars.org and they have not tested Chicco seats at this point, so we are excited to see … Continue reading →

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The Search for a Less Toxic Car Seat-Part 5-Sunshine Kids

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Jennifer Hankey

We were alerted by the results at Healthycars.org to check out a company called Sunshine Kids car seats. The ranked as some of the best of the bunch for toxicity levels on the Healthy Cars website. In fact, out of … Continue reading →

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The Search for the Least Toxic Car Seat-Part 4-Orbit Baby

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Jennifer Hankey

So for our fourth company, I had read that Orbit Baby contained NO FLAME RETARDANTS at all in their car seats! I could not believe it! I had not focused yet on this company due to the smaller brand and … Continue reading →

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The Search For a Less Toxic Car Seat-Part 3-Evenflo

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Jennifer Hankey

So, we are on to the third company to find out about their car seats-Evenflo. I have been pretty impressed with their responses compared to the other companies. I actually had a representative call me personally to answer my question. … Continue reading →

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The Search for A Less Toxic Car Seat-Part 1- GRACO

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Jennifer Hankey

So the time is coming for us to graduate to a big girl car seat and with that comes the inevitable never-ending search for a non-toxic car seat. Standard car seats are absolutely COATED with toxic fire retardants that create … Continue reading →

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