I was commissioned to remake these cute FiM girls to look more show accurate!

They have been rehaired, repainted, and their necklaces were sculpted from scratch!

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Look what I found!

http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1984toys.html

Here's my rainbow twilight!

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Thanks everyone!  and yes he has real hair and I used gel in his hair!

Here's one more reply that I received from Hasbro:

Hello Maria,

Thank you for your email.

Regrettably, as Stephanie mentioned, the levels information is not available.

Please be advised that our products are free from Phthalates in material and paint. We believe based on scientific evidence that PVC in toys presents no health risk to children. Hasbro’s toys are designed to be compliant with all current laws around the world, including those relating to PVC. For more information on PVC, please go to www.cpsc.gov and to www.toy-tia.org.

I think this is this kind of topic where people become a bit polarised and the discussion is reduced to a series of contradictory anecdotes, opinions and sometimes name-calling. It becomes almost impossible to form an informed opinion. 

In the end, if you are concerned about the effects of certain chemicals in your surroundings, you need to get the facts and make up your own mind about what steps you want to take.

You can search the internet for original research papers  (e.g. "Thyroid Disrupting Chemicals in Plastic Additives and Thyroid Health" in the Journal of Environmental Science and Health). These provide the most unbiased information you will find on the web. Although, sometimes you cannot access them unless you’re registered (but if anyone finds a paper they want to read, I may be able to get hold of it for you.  )

Also, try to stick to official websites (e.g. http://www.ecetoc.org/index.php or http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/search ) where they link to official reports and original research. Another option is books - I have a toxicology textbook at home from when I studied it, I’m happy to look up certain chemicals too.

You also have to remember that there is a limited number of tests each new chemical introduced to the market must undergo, and chemicals already existing before 1981 less so – and there’s 100 000 of them! 

This has improved (somewhat), in the EU at least, since the introduction of REACH, since which 14 substances have been banned and at least 73 have been identified as potentially hazardous (currently being investigated further). And around 3000 new chemicals are currently being registered under REACH (http://echa.europa.eu/reach-2013 ).

A lot of these ‘green’ organisations’ concerns are regarding the very long term impacts of these chemicals, many of which have been introduced within our generation. It is impossible to say what long term effects each of these (thousands of) chemicals will have on us, we simply haven’t had enough time to find out!

But those concerns are based on emerging evidence from more long term scientific studies. I appreciate that media like to hype,  ‘hippies’ like to condemn all chemicals and ‘cynics’ like to scorn all concerns. This is why I say, find out for yourself and then do what you think is right. 

For example, if we know mercury has negative effects on a growing fetus (http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp.asp?id=115&tid=24),  we can avoid cosmetics containing mercury! Or depending on how much it concerns you, campaign for mercury-containing cosmetics to be banned (e.g. if it isn’t already) or try to reduce the amount of coal being used (mercury is one of the by-products released when coal is burned).

So you can’t avoid all contact with toxins, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t bother at all. Every bit helps. Someone used a titanic metaphor... I think of it more as, just because the whole ship’s sinking doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try to get the lifeboat going! 

Find out the facts, decide what matters to you and work on it.   

Thanks for your advice here.  I agree with other people that the healthystuff website is frustrating because it doesn't really say if these levels are dangerous or what their ratings really mean. 

Whippycorn, I'm interested in knowing what your book says about Chlorine, Bromine, Phthalates, and PVC in general if it has that in it.  I'm also wondering about acrylic and polyester...

Thanks!

Very interesting topic! I actively try to minimize toxins in my environment (for example, I mix almost all my cosmetics and hygiene products myself from scratch), but I haven't thought about them being in my plastic toys. I avoid keeping food and drink in plastic containers, but I guess it might be a risk to just hold or be around such plastics.

Have you heard back from Hasbro about it yet? Depending on what they say, perhaps if enough people email them about it, they could take steps to make their toys safer and less toxic?

It saddens me to see so many people shrug this off. Yes, you can't go through life being all paranoid and avoiding anything that makes you happy - but toxins in our environment is a huuuge issue which is just recently starting to get enough attention. Think about all of the health problems people in western societies have. If many stem, at least partially, from this issue, don't you think it's wise to take some interest in it and do something about it?

I appreciate your comment.  I have been trying to minimize the toxins around my family as well.  I actually do all sorts of things like eating organic food, being really picky with the soaps and cosmetics I use, and trying to use less plastic to store food in and so on.  I'm just concerned that ponies apparently have phthalates coming out of them and I am unhappy to learn that they have PVC additives in them because the process of making PVC releases dioxin into our environment which is bad for all of us.

Something that I want to figure out here would be... are vintage ponies more safe for kids to play with because they may have off gassed or something like that?  Or maybe they were made with out PVC additives? 

Also, I need to decide if I should buy more of the current Friendship is Magic My Little Ponies new from the store.  A big part of why I was buying them was so my daughter could play with them.

I haven't herd anything back from Hasbro yet. 

I know that there are toxins all around us, but I don't think there's anything wrong with minimizing our contact with them.  Also, I think it's fair to be concerned that there are toxins in the toys we give to our children.

If anyone else is feeling the same concern that I am, then maybe you can write to Hasbro about your concerns as well.

So far I'm defiantly feeling uncomfortable with fakies, because many of them are obviously lower quality than MLP and I think it's more likely that their manufacturers are cutting corners with production.

Edit:  I just wanted to add that some plastics are less toxic than others, like #2 food grade plastic is supposed to be less toxic than #3 PVC... so I'm not really saying that all plastics are evil here.  I think some are better than others.  This is why TY started using PE pellets in their beanie babies instead of PVC pellets.