Text-messaging system tells whether toys are safe to buy

Momsrising.org, a family advocacy Web site founded in 2006, has developed a text-messaging system that uses a databse of 1,200 toys tested for lead, arsenic and other toxins. The
Post-Gazette reports.

Here's how it works. If you want to find out about the Polly Pocket, you text healthytoys, the name of the product and then the numbers 41411 (example: healthytoys polly pocket car to 41411) you'll receive a text message back saying: "TOXIN LEVELS DETECTED -- LOW: Polly Pocket Car Cool Friends by Mattel."

emily | 8:22 AM | New SMS Services |
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