new synthetic fiber
misslynx, optimystik, A, and I went to MEC today to get him clothing for cold, snowy, rainy weather so that he doesn't have to be stuck indoors when it gets all wintry out.
When we got home, N was taking the tags off his gloves and noticed the tag that lists what materials the gloves are made of. The palm is listed as being 50% leather and 50% vinyon.
Vinyon?
WTF?
So I look it up on Wikipedia:
"Vinyon is a synthetic fiber made from polyvinyl chloride. In some countries other than the United States, vinyon fibers are referred to as polyvinyl chloride fibers. It can bind non-woven fibers and fabrics. It was invented in 1939.
It has the same health problems associated with chlorinated polymers. In the past, Vinyon was used a substitute for plant-based filters in tea bags."
Awww, shitmonkeys, it's made from PVC: the worst plastic out there. The stuff that never stops off-gassing endocrine-disrupting phthalates. WTF?
N asked me if I wanted to take them back. I said no, even though I wish I could take them back. I'm not going to because they're good gloves, otherwise. They don't stink at all, as far as my sniffer is concerned, so maybe they're less harmful than straight-up PVC. A is mostly out of the everything-in-the-mouth phase, so I'm not as concerned about him sucking on PVC. And we've been incredibly vigilant about not letting him mouth any soft plastics ever and have kept all known PVC/vinyl away from him. Plus, I don't want to have to look for other gloves that would fit him, be good for playing in snow, AND have thumbs! (he's still of an age that some mittens for his size-range don't have any thumbs: how will he hold my hand effectively? how will he climb? how will he conquer the rest of the known universe without the use of his THUMBS! alas. I digress.)
I'm posting this info so that other people will know about vinyon and can make more informed decisions about articles of clothing containing it, should they happen to chance upon it. Which isn't bloody likely, since I've never heard of the stuff in all my 31 years, and it's been around since 1939!
Ah, vinyl, you sneaky sneaky bastard. I betcha Dupont made it or something.
Sleep!
When we got home, N was taking the tags off his gloves and noticed the tag that lists what materials the gloves are made of. The palm is listed as being 50% leather and 50% vinyon.
Vinyon?
WTF?
So I look it up on Wikipedia:
"Vinyon is a synthetic fiber made from polyvinyl chloride. In some countries other than the United States, vinyon fibers are referred to as polyvinyl chloride fibers. It can bind non-woven fibers and fabrics. It was invented in 1939.
It has the same health problems associated with chlorinated polymers. In the past, Vinyon was used a substitute for plant-based filters in tea bags."
Awww, shitmonkeys, it's made from PVC: the worst plastic out there. The stuff that never stops off-gassing endocrine-disrupting phthalates. WTF?
N asked me if I wanted to take them back. I said no, even though I wish I could take them back. I'm not going to because they're good gloves, otherwise. They don't stink at all, as far as my sniffer is concerned, so maybe they're less harmful than straight-up PVC. A is mostly out of the everything-in-the-mouth phase, so I'm not as concerned about him sucking on PVC. And we've been incredibly vigilant about not letting him mouth any soft plastics ever and have kept all known PVC/vinyl away from him. Plus, I don't want to have to look for other gloves that would fit him, be good for playing in snow, AND have thumbs! (he's still of an age that some mittens for his size-range don't have any thumbs: how will he hold my hand effectively? how will he climb? how will he conquer the rest of the known universe without the use of his THUMBS! alas. I digress.)
I'm posting this info so that other people will know about vinyon and can make more informed decisions about articles of clothing containing it, should they happen to chance upon it. Which isn't bloody likely, since I've never heard of the stuff in all my 31 years, and it's been around since 1939!
Ah, vinyl, you sneaky sneaky bastard. I betcha Dupont made it or something.
Sleep!