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Sophie the giraffe dangerous?

8 replies

LivinginFrance · 25/02/2012 16:41

I was given a Sophie the Giraffe doll by my french grandmother as a 'must-have item'. DD seemed quite happy with it.
A few days later my mother starts sending me french articles about the chew toy being carcinogenic. All articles were in French so I'm not putting links here but I found this blod in english:
blog.saferchemicals.org/2011/12/whatsophiethegiraffetestedtoxicinfrance.html
It seems to be this could be possible as there are no labels on any of the toys saying anything about it being BPA free...
In any case I erred on the side of caution and threw it away, bit she has so many other plastic toys. Should they all go in the bin?

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ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 25/02/2012 16:43

BPA is in most loads of plastic stuff including most some baby bottles... (unhelpful)

winnybella · 25/02/2012 16:45

Meh. Isn't BPA in lots of things?

And it is a must-have item Both DCs loved it.

Petrean · 25/02/2012 16:46

I don't know, I would assume they wouldn't be allowed to sell it if there were any concerns. My DS had one, didn't like it myself (reminds me of a dog toy) but he liked it.

Gigondas · 25/02/2012 16:48

It's from wiki but see here sophie

Indith · 25/02/2012 16:49

www.sophiegiraffeusa.com/sophie.html Sophie is natural rubber and BPA free.

Every child needs a Sophie (of French extraction in this family :))

winnybella · 25/02/2012 16:54

Just read the LeFigaro article and it seems that the nitrosamines levels were found to be very low and unlikely, in a view of an expert to cause any harm. He also said that we are surrounded by nitrosamines and even certain foods provoke chamical reaction in the stomach that releases them.

Seriously, I wouldn't worry.

BikeRunSki · 25/02/2012 16:57

Sophie has been around since I was a child. I'm sure if she was dangerous at all, this would have been picked upm in the last four decades.

winnybella · 25/02/2012 16:57

It all came from the fact that Europe has a no-nitrosamines policy for dummies and tetines (what's that in English ) and as Sophie tends to be chewed by babies they think it should come under the same law. But it is very unlikely that a baby would spend that much time chewing it as having a dummy in its mouth iyswim plus, as I said before, levels were found to be well below what is considered dangerous.

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