According to the Toy Industry Association (TIA), the results of testing by an independent, federally approved testing laboratory have found that toys cited in a report by Clean and Healthy New York and the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund are fully compliant with all U.S. toy safety requirements. The TIA asserts that the test results point to inaccurate information released by these groups, and false claims that have led to calls for unnecessary state and local legislation banning the sale of safe toys.
TIA requested that a federally accredited, independent testing lab based in Western New York analyze the claims made in the “Toxic Toys in Monroe County” report issued on April 7. After testing the toys named in the report that were available at local Rochester-area retailers, the lab determined that the report was filled with erroneous results based on improper testing methods, which were not approved by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
Clean and Healthy New York and the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund based their reports on product testing done with a XRF testing device, which according to the TIA, is not suitable for determining compliance with standards and is known to produce false positives. Abiding by those federally approved testing procedures, an accredited lab properly tested the same toys that were named in the “Toxic Toys in Monroe County” report and found that the substances alleged to be present in the reported toys were undetected.
Further details can be found at the TIA website.
