Stop the insanity! Another recall.

Boppy, maker of the popular pillows so frequently used by breastfeeding mothers, is recalling 38,000 thousand of their slip covers because the zippers could break and could be a choking hazard. 

If that wasn't bad enough, and honestly a possible broken zipper didn't scare me too much, but the zippers are also said to contain excess lead.  Not just lead, but excess lead.

I'm not naive.  I know that lead paint is common in many areas of our life.  Certain candles, for instance, contain lead (which is why I burn soy candles that specifically say on the label "No lead", 'cause I love my scented candles).  Water, for the love of Pete, contains a bit of lead.  And I know as a child I chewed many a painted windowsill that no doubt was covered in toxic lead paint.  Which, come to think of it, explains a lot about my personality.  I never have had much of an attention sp... What was I saying?

But I digress.

I'm not an alarmist and so far, to my knowledge, my family has escaped the lead paint toy recalls.  But don't think I haven't considered buying one of those lead paint home test kits.  My father in law, who is an alarmist, told my husband and I just the other night that we should purchase one and I almost began to agree with him, until my husband started rolling his eyes.  Then I was 100% on board with the idea.

The Boppy recall may seem small compared to Thomas the Tank Engine and Dora the Explorer (quick aside: does anyone else want to call her "Dora the Explorah" is it just the ghost of my New England accent I fought to kill?), but I know that my daughter as a baby used our Boppy on many an occasion for tummy time.  I cringe at the thought of how many times she had the zipper in her mouth.

I'm tired of recalls but I'm afraid we've only scratched the lead painted surface.  I think this is just the beginning.  The question is, how much lead are we willing to live with before we tip the scale from concerned parent to overprotective, psycho parent?

Comments

[Donna]

This recall scared me out of a mild sleep because I had gotten one of the slip covers for my new baby girl. Luckly, I went on-line and confirmed exactly which slip covers were being recalled. It wasn't one of mine. But I got rid of the slip cover anyway. Too close for comfort. We already went through the drama (or trauma) of getting rid of Sarge die cast car from Disney Cars because of lead. I don't think a day has gone by that my son hasn't asked when he can get a new one.

[x-ray fluorescence]

Hey this recall really scared me a lot. I went on-line and confirmed exactly which slip covers were being recalled. It wasn't one of mine.