Earth Friendly Goodies If it's Good for the Earth it's Good for Your Health Have you ever been blasted in the mouth with a slimy black mold filled jet of water? Just the thought of it makes my stomach do the chicken dance.
I’d be willing to bet if you have kids and those kids have cute rubber ducky bath toys the odds are good that THEY have.
That’s an even more disturbing thought. So when I ran across an article in Parents Magazine about Hevea Pond Bath Toys my attention was piqued and that chicken in the tummy went back to sleep.
Hevea Pond bath toys are specifically designed in one solid piece so there is no hole that collects water and thus breeds black mold. Granted a lot of the fun with rubber bath toys is the fact that you can fill them with water and squirt them at each other, but you can never get them clean enough to prevent the mold growth.
Watch out For That Darn BPA in Your Duckies
To up the anti on the earth friendly bath toy factor these organic bath toys from Hevea are BPA free, in fact there is no PVC, phthalates and no artificial colors.
If you aren’t aware of BPA yet it can’t be seen, tasted, smelled or felt but it was usually found in most plastics with recycle codes 3 or 7. These days many reputable companies have stopped using BPA but it’s always a good idea to make sure the producst you buy are BPA free.
BPA is especially dangerous for infants and children because it effects brain development, and has been shown to mess up the thyroid and possibly even lead to leukemia, among a host of other not so pleasant bodily harms.
Needless to say if you can avoid BPA in any possible way your (and your children’s) body will thank you for it.
It seems Hevea Pond Bath Toys are always in pretty high demand. Over the years their top seller was these rubber duckies, but they have expanded to teethers, and other bath accessories too. They have even released a few new styles of the original rubber ducky bath toys.
You can learn more about Hevea founder Terese Hoffeldt and why it is important to her to produce all natural baby items as well as find a selection of their current baby and bath items on Amazon.
If you have tried Hevea Pond bath toys or products we’d love to hear what you think. Please leave a comment below.
Do you have friends and family who might be interested in BPA free bath toys? Send a cute rubber ducky there way, because they make great baby shower gifts!
Hi Chris,
It is heartening to read about the Hevea Pond Bath Toys are BPA free. I have found that many of these bath toys are bad for the skin and of course for the health, in general. I have realized that some of the inferior bath toys lead to an itchy skin. I will definitely try these out for my kids. Thanks
Thanks Kalpana, I hadn’t thought about rubber bath toys causing itchy skin but I suppose that would make sense if you are getting exposed to the chemicals in the rubber. Thanks for the insight.
Thanks for this wonderful news! Moms would love this toys for their babies. Since you mentioned that this is BPA free, so I’m sure it’s very safe for them.
Thanks for this very informative and useful post Chris. I’ll recommend this toys to my sister. My 7-month old niece is fond of eating anything she just hold. Automatically she put it inside her mouth. This product is very good for her.
Glad you found it interesting Karyn I hope your niece loves them. 🙂
My daughter loves the Havea Pond Bath toys. Glad to know they are BPA free.
I’d rinse them with bleach every now and then. Another thing you might try is putting them in a nylon mesh bag so the air can circulate which will certainly help. You can hang it up so it dries. Sounds like you have some hard water where you live.
Bleach is just about as toxic as the mold or mildew. 🙂 I’d be more inclined to rinse bath toys out with hydrogen peroxide which is much less toxic than bleach. I wasn’t aware that hard water caused mold and mildew formation – I’ll have to look into that.
That is good idea for a gift. Something that children will enjoy without a health risk.
Hevea Pond Bath toys, this was my first time to hear. Thanks that you’ve shared. My kid would love this.
Thanks for providing this great goodies Chris! Such a nice toy for babies.. I know it’s safe.. My niece have that already..
ya bath toys which are made up of single material are good in quality. I will try those for my kids.
It’s hard to choose good bathing toys for kids these days. Good thing there’s Hevea. I love that they’re bpa free and has no artificial colors.
Wow! bath toy. My kid is going to love this. But is the rubber duck nontoxic?
Bath toy, I am collecting bath toys especially rubber ducks. Thanks for the great post.
How cute those ducklings are. Kids would love to play that during bath. No doubt for that. Very lovely.
hey, you just highlighted one of the most likely places to breed various kinds of bacteria. but with hevea toys theres less risk of this happening. Thanks for the great post.
These bath toys are lovely cute, my little princess has fun playing with this one…
My niece too is enjoy playing this while taking a bath. 🙂
A lot of moms will like this post for their kids..Cute kind of toys for the kids..
My son loves to play with bath tub toys and after seeing this post, I feel that it’s time to change his bathtub toys to get BPA free hevea pond bath toys.
That’s really cool. I’ve never thought to replace my bath toys because of mold potential. Ill be picking a few of these up next week
There’s something so timeless about rubber ducks as bath toys and I’ve always wondered where the whole idea of bath toys actually started out? It strikes me as something that the Greeks or Romans maybe did – especially the Romans because public baths were such a large part of their society.
And of course great to see that more and more people are doing their bit to care for Mother Earth 🙂
My cousin niece would love it. Thanks.
This is perfect for my 1 year old kids who loves playing on her bath. Need to buy this.
Great toy for gift. I love children. Children must love it. Thanks for your sharing Chris
yes, I remember the stuff that got in those bath toys. So Gross!!! Need to get these for baby shower gifts!
Yes, perfect for baby shower gifts!
BPA is also found in grocery receipts…Ugh.