OT: Is it Finally Time we Call for a boycott?

[Melissa Burnell]

>>I read that 85% of American toys are made in China. A boycott would ruin a lot of Christmas dreams this
year! Best to boycott by looking–really hard–for American made toys<<

Yes, I’ve read various statistics that range from 70-80% of toys are made in China. I’ve also read that more than 3/4’s of the Consumers in the US are no longer willing to put up with inferior, dangerous toys and will be boycotting :

https://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21344461/

I’ve been thinking back, (my kids are tweens) at all those toys that my kids have played with over the years and I can’t help but think of the HUGE HUGE HUGE numbers of Autistic Children in this country and wonder if there is a Correlation between the two.

Just how many years haveour Children been exposed to such high levels of lead and other toxic chemicals?

As I said, my children are now tweens, and thankfully, when they were much younger, since we were broke most of the time, I couldn’t afford to buy them the latest and greatest new toy that was out- what a blessing in disguise.

What I wonder now is, will this prompt companies like Mattel, Lego, and others to resume toy production in the US once again, like they used to…Imagine the boost to the Economy!

For Those that Would like to purchase toys made in the USA, here are some additional resources:

• https://www.madeinusa.org/nav.cgi?data/toys&
• https://www.howtobuyamerican.com/bamw/bamw-051112-toys.shtml
• http://www.USMadeToys.com
• http://www.cubbyholetoys.com
• http://www.montgomeryschoolhouse.com
• https://www.americanplastictoys.com/
• 400+ American Made Toys: https://www.fatbraintoys.com/specials/made_in_america.cfm?source=google&kwid=made+in+america&gclid=CPWe6rjM0o8CFTaEOAodVSt4-w – I Really Really Like this one, they have some super-cool Stuff here! Fatbrain toys- haha cute name.

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~Liss

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