Crayons Toxic?????????

I don't know of any regular crayons that are toxic -- especially if they are crayola or made for children. Color should not matter either! Good Luck

Well I went on line because I was wondering the same thing because my son has started to chew on a crayon (while under the watchful eye of my husband who'da thought!) anyway I found this..............

Three major brands of crayons -- scribbled with and nibbled on by millions of children worldwide -- contain asbestos, tests conducted for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer show.
Eight brands were examined -- four domestic and four manufactured overseas. Analysis of three brands -- Crayola, Prang and Rose Art -- by two government-certified laboratories repeatedly showed the crayons contained asbestos.

Of the 40 crayons tested from the brands that had asbestos, 80 percent of them were contaminated above the trace level.

As the manufacturers and the federal government reacted with surprise and concern to the P-I's test results yesterday, the institute that is paid to certify the crayons as non-toxic initially said that crayons could not contain asbestos. The institute's chief toxicologist said the P-I's tests were likely mistaken. But then he acknowledged the institute does not routinely test for asbestos.

The crayon makers said product safety is a paramount concern, and some said they had already begun to review their manufacturing processes and materials in light of the P-I's findings.

The asbestos is most likely a contaminant of the talc that most companies use in crayons as a strengthener for the paraffin and coloring agents.

Public-health experts, including pediatricians and asbestos specialists, reacted angrily and called for the immediate removal of asbestos from crayons.

Anyway go to www.commondreams.org and you can read more on this.
hope the baby is ok!

Sashaymom

This information is incorrect. Crayons are regulated in the US. I know the major companies including Crayola and Alex (I am not sure about Rose Art without checking) do go through independant testing which conforms to ASTM-F963 and does include chemical testing. They actually do a backwards test against the ingrediants and pick out anything not listed as well as test against other items.
If the crayon is listed as non-toxic and has a safety seal you should be fine. Also the amount actually eaten is probably very small.
I would give the child a large glass of water and then watch for any signs of an upset stomach.
This is VERY common. If you are still concerned call the nurse line.

Hope this helps,
Janet

Personally, I would have called poison control with such a question instead of coming to this website..........1-800-222-1222....they are very helpful, I called them once when my son was a baby and I thought he may have eaten some diaper rash cream.