You're concerned. Frustrated. Confused.
So many toys that you believed were made in the USA have actually been made in China or
other foreign countries where quality control and safety might not carry the same import as
here in the USA.
You also want to support American workers. Help to slow the outsourcing of American jobs.
Help your fellow citizen. Help our economy.
BuyToysMadeInTheUSA.com hopes to provide you with a starting place in your search for
safe and American-made playthings.
We hope to provide you with links, a directory, and even specific product information from
stores and manufacturers who either purport to sell or make toys here in the USA.
The information provided to us is taken on face value. So that we expect you and those
with whom you share the information to conduct your own check for truthfulness.
TOYS ARE PORTALS
Our children are transported into realms of imagination, learning, fitness, humor, and much more.
Yet, toys are also portals into the worlds of high stakes finance and power. Open to toy manufacturers, designers, marketers, and the media.
These portals, too often, attract folks who are willing to bend or break rules in order to make sales, maintain their standing in the industry, and to promote their own wealth and power.
Last year was one of great awakening for parents, grandparents, and others who are directly entrusted with children's safety.
We have seen toy giants admit to distributing unsafe toys. Whether it was knowingly or unknowingly is less of a question that matters than what are we toygivers to do?
Although the year's recalls largely focused on imports from China, we must be aware that these problems could face toys made anywhere in the world.
buytoysmadeintheusa.com hopes to help toygivers by highlighting toys made in the USA. As well as shops and websites offering them.
Our hope is that companies will be honest and that these toys will be safe for our children, especially considering America's safety laws.
We also hope that the purchase of American-made goods will help our fellow Americans to remain employed, in this very uncertain economy.
Ultimately, decisions are yours to make and live with. Please make them wisely.
We are essentially taking businesses and individuals at their word. We advise that you do your own check of products and businesses listed here. And to let us know if you discover anything improper or important for us to know.
TOYS MADE IN AMERICA Rock!
A DIRECTORY OF TOYS MADE/SOLD IN USA
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ILLINOIS' Attorney General's Office has a great site with toy safety information.
www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/consumers/safe_shopping.html
MATTEL RECALLS
http://service.mattel.com/us/recall.asp
MAINE'S Baldacci administration and others are supporting legislation designed to better regulate potentially toxic chemicals used in children's items. And other states are evaluating their own versions of such legislation. - We urge you to contact your own state government in support of such bills. For our children's sake!
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