Check-up on Fall Children's School Supplies

For this study, HealthyStuff.org tested 101 children’s school supplies, including a variety of backpacks, binders, lunch boxes, pencil pouches and rulers. These products were purchased from 8 national retailers: CVS, Dollar Tree Stores, Inc., Kroger, Meijer, Target, Walgreens and Walmart.

Key Findings:

• Four of the products were selected for phthalate plasticizer testing:
  • A Rainbow Animal Print Backpack by Pro Sport, retailed by Kroger, contained 5.4% DEHP--a phthalate banned by the U.S. CPSC--in the backpack textiles.
  • The other three products contained non-phthalate plasticizers DOTP and tributyl acetyl citrate
• 6% (6 of 101) of the products contained Pb above 100 ppm, exceeding the CPSC limit set for children’s products.
• A compass purchased at Target contained 20,316 ppm of Pb (in the tip of the compass).
• A rainbow animal print backpack purchased at Kroger had 967 ppm of Pb.

Published on September 4, 2014

Sample Listing

	2014-2015 CustoMYize Student Planner	Low
	Adventure Time Backpack	High
	Black and White Magnets	Medium
	Black Deluxe Binder with View Pockets	High
	Black Drawstring Backpack	Low
	Black Plastic Folder with Hearts	Low
	Black Plastic Index Card Case	Low
	Black Plastic Reusable Envelope	Low
	Black Stretchable Book Cover	High
	Black Two Pocket Pencil Pouch	High
	Blue 3-Ring Binder	High
	Blue Deluxe Zipper Pouch	High
	Blue Fabric Carry-All Case	High
	Blue Glitter Personal Notebook	Medium
	Blue Index Card Case with Index Cards	Low
	Blue Plastic Compass	Low
	Blue Plastic Protractor
	Blue Plastic Slider Pencil Case	Low
	Blue Poly Folder with Two Pockets	Low
	Blue Twist-it Ruler	High
	Bright Transparent Pink Pencil Box	Low
	Clear Plastic Protractor
	Dimensions Plastic Pencil Box	Low
	Floral Slider Pencil Box	Low
	Green 3 Ring 1 Inch Binder	High
	Green 3-Ring Binder	High
	Green Floral Report Cover	High
	Green Fuzzy Pencil Case	High
	Green Plastic Clipboard	Low
	Green Plastic Pencil Box	Low
	Green Poly Padded 3 Ring Binder	Medium
	Grey and Green Lunch Bag	High
	Hello Kitty Lunch Box	High
	Insulated Lunch Bag with Waterproof Lining	Medium
	Light Blue Binder - 2 Inch	Medium
	Light Blue Slider Pencil Box	Low
	Light Blue Snap Ruler
	Light Green Insulated Food Jar	Low
	Light Green Portfolio Folder	Medium
	Locking Pencil Box	High
	Magnetic Pencil Cup	High
	Magnetic Wire Cups	High
	Mario Backpack	High
	Mario Kart Lunch Box	High
	Math Set with Case- 10 Piece	High
	Metal Pencil Box	Medium
	Multicolored Insertable Tab Dividers	High
	Multicolored Pencil Comfort Grips	Low
	Multicolored Pencil Gel Grips	Low
	Multicolored Pencil Grips	High

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