The sound of the crash echoed from my son's room across our house. Upon inspecting the damage, at the base of my son's feet was a hand-crafted wooden race car that was now splintered on the floor. He ...

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 ...

McDonald's plans to "drastically" reduce the plastic in its Happy Meal toys worldwide by 2025. The burger giant said Tuesday it's working with toy companies to develop new ideas, such as offering ...

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, ...

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 ...

I recently made an appointment to take my 15-month-old son Leo to his pediatrician's office for a blood- lead-level test. Someone regularly had been giving him a toy laced with both lead and cadmium ...

(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, ...

Those of us familiar with the plastics industry have a certain appreciation for the material — for its durability, its versatility and dozens of other attributes. But even knowing its value, sometimes ...

Two years ago, when the Happy Meal turned 40, McDonald’s brought back many of the iconic toys that came with the meal. However, going forward, the return of most Happy Meal toys won’t align with ...

Kids will get paper games, trading cards, and bio-based toys instead. For forty years, fast food chain McDonald's has been serving Happy Meals to kids. These special boxed meals are known for the toys ...

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LOL Surprise! It might sound like a text you’d get before receiving shocking news, but it’s actually the name of one of the hottest toys. The intricate kits filled with tiny plastic pieces are topping ...