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With the recent news reports about potentially dangerous chemicals in certain plastics used to manufacture water bottles, baby bottles, and other products that can be used for drinking and feeding, we believe we should reiterate and clarify our use of plastics and other materials for our products
It is also important to provide this information because some of these reports appear to use misleading assumptions and make inaccurate statements about the safety of using certain plastic materials in drinking and feeding products.
Boon wants to assure all of our customers, and the consumers that use our products, that we design and manufacture products to meet or exceed all applicable U.S. government and state safety regulations, as well as applicable U.S. “voluntary” standards and international safety regulations and standards.
These safety regulations in the U.S. include those such as the Consumer Products Safety Act and the Federal Hazardous Substances Act which specify safety requirements for consumer products, especially those used by children, as well as the ASTM toy safety standard F963 which specifies additional safety requirements for toy products for children. Included in these standards are safety requirements such as those for lead and other heavy metals in surface decorations, the use of plastics that do not contain certain phthalates, and requirements for product design and construction to prevent hazards during use of the products.
All of these regulations and standards utilize scientifically based research and factual test results to develop the safety requirements that will prevent harmful materials and products from being used by consumers and children.
During product development and throughout the manufacturing process, we continually test our products for compliance with these regulations and standards, utilizing both our internal testing resources as well as independent testing laboratories.
We take very seriously our responsibility and our commitment to protect children from harm when using or playing with our products.
Recycling Statement
Boon utilizes generally accepted plastic recycling symbols on all applicable products whenever possible. Some product sizes and shapes may at times prevent their use.
These symbols are meant to be used for RECYCLING purposes ONLY to allow for the separation of certain plastics into homogeneous categories to be recycled. These symbols are NOT meant to represent any other information such as the detailed chemical contents of the product or whether or not the product contains any amount of a particular ingredient. Recycling symbols should not be used to assess the safety of the product they are on.
Revised May 2008
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