Are G1 ponies safe?

[Strawberry Swirl]

Well, considering that I have many G1s in my room surrounding me at all times and they still haven't tried to murder me in my sleep, I'd say they're pretty safe. :)

[TugaLis]

this is a serious thing tho..  damn..had no idea

[Cswift]

Eh, we all gotta die of something.

[Baby Sugarberry]

Oh the things I put in my mouth when I was young... ponies are NOTHING to worry about.

This may not actually be true or at least a false equivalency.  Plastic, like many materials, degrades over time.  What was perfectly safe 30 years ago may not chemically be the same today.  Some things get less dangerous as they age, others get more so, but no matter which way you slice the pie entropy always wins.

[Carrehz]

Eh, we all gotta die of something.

  I like this view on it. Hey if I have to die, death from overexposure to G1s seems like a good way to go

[Leave a Whisper]

Oh the things I put in my mouth when I was young... ponies are NOTHING to worry about.

 

[Taffeta]

Oh the things I put in my mouth when I was young... ponies are NOTHING to worry about.

This may not actually be true or at least a false equivalency.  Plastic, like many materials, degrades over time.  What was perfectly safe 30 years ago may not chemically be the same today.  Some things get less dangerous as they age, others get more so, but no matter which way you slice the pie entropy always wins.

I would be more worried about G3 and the way the hair fibres rot. That's a choking hazard right there.

And as I said before, the report linked doesn't appear to say anything about lead in MLP. It only says they were included as one of the test samples, not what the results were. So until someone has some actual proof about toxic levels of lead in MLP, worrying about it seems pointless. For all we know MLP are in the 31%, as the report didn't bother to address them when summing up the category.

Also, I am not in favour of spider-murder.

[Baby Sugarberry]

I'm not advocating for hazmat suits when entering your pony room, just saying 'we don't know' - and the fact that they didn't cause any harm to kids 30 years ago doesn't mean they're harmless now.  We don't know. There's plenty that can be in plastics that can cause damage to the human body that isn't lead.   What's in G1 vinyl? We. Don't. Know.  Plain and simple.  It probably even varies from colour to colour!

Heck breathing oxygen is harmful to humans.  Not breathing just happens to be more harmful.

[KarentheUnicorn]

My ponies used to kill transformer toys and G I Joe.

...does that count?

[Leave a Whisper]

My ponies used to kill transformer toys and G I Joe.

...does that count?

Its the secret war no one talks about.

[Pheasant]

Eh, we all gotta die of something.

  I like this view on it. Hey if I have to die, death from overexposure to G1s seems like a good way to go

May as well die happy, eh?

Unless an accurate report is released, I will always be far more concerned about the antibiotics / insecticides used in food than I will ever be about lead levels in 1980s' ponies.

[Leave a Whisper]

Where is the concern and outcry for buying neccesity items that have cancer warnings?

Never heard of an MLP causing severe illness or death.

[Taffeta]

Eh, we all gotta die of something.

  I like this view on it. Hey if I have to die, death from overexposure to G1s seems like a good way to go

May as well die happy, eh?

Unless an accurate report is released, I will always be far more concerned about the antibiotics / insecticides used in food than I will ever be about lead levels in 1980s' ponies.

This is the thing for me too. I am not ignoring the possibility of danger, but I feel like there are much more pressing dangers that need immediate focus. Here it's diesel pollution in London as a whole which is known to shorten life. I imagine that's going to take my priority of what's bad over the vague rumour of G1 having some lead in them.

I like proof of something before I panic, and I consider sharing of that article and report scaremongering. No, actually, I consider the report scaremongering, as it is a really badly written paper in terms of actually telling anyone anything about the dangers or otherwise of toys tested. Someone needs to do a better one and until then, why worry?

[Leave a Whisper]

Well, considering that I have many G1s in my room surrounding me at all times and they still haven't tried to murder me in my sleep, I'd say they're pretty safe.

This is good to know.

[bright rabbit 1]

Well I had a very big spider in one box that had My Little Pony annuals along with other annuals.

My mum had to squash it.

It ruined one of my annuals 

Ruined it? Forever? Do you mean with staining? Oh man...8(

Yep it did. It was my 1996 Pokemon annual. Tried cleaning it but the stain didn't come off. So I had to bin it.