A Happy Birthday Wish
Date: October 22, 2008 | Category: Care, Featured, Food, Kids, Kitchen
It’s your little one’s birthday. You’ve sent out the recycled party invitations and iced the organic cake. But before you break into a rousing chorus of “Happy Birthday,” you might want to make a wish before your child blows out the candles.
Those neon waxy sticks you find in supermarkets and party stores throughout the country typically contain a mixture of unlabeled ingredients that emit lead and cadmium when ignited. Why the cause for concern? Lead exposure in children has been linked to behavioral problems and lower intelligence, while cadmium is a suspected carcinogen. Definitely not the perfect gift.
Now you can breathe easy. Little Star Creative Parties offers Rainbow Beeswax candles, which are manufactured without heavy metals or carcinogenic compounds and are way cute to boot! A package of 24 retails for $2.75. You can even re-use the candles for future parties! Now that’s a cause for celebration!
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