Free Toxics Testing of Toys this Holiday Season
In recent months, manufacturers have been forced to recall many popular toys after toxic chemicals like lead and cadmium were discovered in them. Many other toys containing dangerous contaminants remain on the market, according to local and national environmental and consumer protection groups. Like countless other parents, this crisis has harmed Darcy. “Even my son, Henry, had been playing with Thomas the Tank Engine toys that contained lead.”
Accordingly, Darcy has joined with local community leaders to test toys in seven Eastside and South Sound communities for contamination with lead and other toxic chemicals. Parents can bring in toys (or other children's products) and have them tested without charge on site to ensure that the products are safe.
Please help us focus attention on this important issue. Bring your holiday presents to children and their current toys in to be tested. Tell your friends and family about the project. Download our flyer found here and send it to them. Call Darcy’s office, (425) 443-2564, to volunteer or click the “Volunteer” button on this page. Follow the link below to our press release for a list of times and locations or see the flyer.
