Waiting in a check-out line a few days ago, my children started begging for toys and trinkets hanging on the impulse-buy racks. Rather than replying with the usual “Not today” euphemism, I found ...

(Reuters Health) - Children who play with second-hand plastic toys may be exposed to unsafe levels of chemicals like lead and cadmium that have been linked to developmental problems and organ damage, ...

Plastic toys and baby bottles are almost inseparable from modern parenting. They are lightweight, affordable, colourful, and ...

Is there a love more fleeting than a child’s affection for a fast-food meal toy? One minute, it’s the coolest thing in the world. An hour later back at home, it’s stuffed between two couch cushions, ...

When Jess Castaneda was a kid, she got her toys when her abuela took her to garage sales. It turned her into a lifetime thrift shopper. As an adult, she became a customer at the Green Bean, a kids ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. McDonald’s plans to “drastically” reduce the ...

UK consumers shopping for children this Christmas have been warned to avoid plastic toys after a large number of them were found to contain chemicals banned by the European Union. In 2018, the EU’s ...

Many large toy companies are trying to become more eco-friendly after decades of relying on environmentally destructive plastic in their products and packaging. The pandemic has created an ...

McDonald's is cutting its plastic toys from its Happy Meals in a bid to make them more environmentally friendly. From 2021 the fast food chain will offer alternative soft or paper-based toys or a book ...