I went into this shoot assuming it was going to be just a protest, but I soon found out it was much more. After their demonstration outside, the group of protesters went into the Mariott hotel for an information session regarding the hazardous amount of lead that is being found in toys.
September 27, 2007 - A group of concerned parents gathered outside of the Marriott hotel on Huntington Ave., in Boston, MA, in silent protest of the lack of action taken by the Massachusetts legislature regarding the hazardous amounts of lead in children’s toys. Despite levels as high as seven times the federal limit, such toys are still currently found on the shelves of stores. The protesters wear stomachs of made of plaster to express the fact that lead exposure during pregnancy causes long-term complications in newborns.
September 27, 2007 – Dr. Sean Palfrey, a Boston Medical Center pediatrician, explains to an audience of concerned parents at the Boston, MA, Marriott hotel the harmful effects of excessive amounts of lead on the body. Exposure to lead increases the chances of suffering from asthma, ADHD, and autism, to name a few. High levels of lead are currently being found in toys that are made of cheaply produced material known as PVC.
September 27, 2007 - The portable XRF, an x-ray fluorescence analyzer that detects chemicals in any substance in less than 60 seconds, such as the levels of lead in paint, is used at the Marriott hotel in Boston, MA, to reveal to an audience the dangerous amounts of lead in popular toys, such as the rubber ducky. Judy Robinson, a concerned parent, addresses the audience in the background about her fears and questions why there has been no action in the state of Massachusetts to protect children from such unnecessary and avoidable harms.
September 27, 2007 - Joseph Allen uses a portable X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) device to test a “Superfly” monkey, whose cape is made with PVC (vinyl), for levels of lead in the Marriott hotel in Copley Square in Boston, MA. Allen is a doctoral student at the Boston University School of Public Health specializing in the exposure of toxic chemicals in the home environment and is especially concerned because he has a one-year-old son who plays with toys similar to those failing such tests.The experiment proves to an audience that certain children’s products are hazardous to health and development. Costing between $30 and $40 thousand dollars, the XFR is by no means a common household electronic, making it unavailable to parents concerned about their own children’s toys.
September 27, 2007 – Michael Schade, of the Center for Health, Environment, and Justice, who is also the coordinator of this information session, held in the Marriott hotel in Boston, MA, informs the audience about the harmful effects of lead in toys that are made of PVC (vinyl). He explains that all of the toys found on the table to his right, which are currently being sold in stores, exceed the federal limit established by a 1978 mandate in response to toxic levels of lead in paint.
September 27, 2007 - A group of concerned parents gathered outside of the Marriott hotel on Huntington Ave., in Boston, MA, in silent protest of the lack of action taken by the Massachusetts legislature regarding the hazardous amounts of lead in children’s toys. Despite levels as high as seven times the federal limit, such toys are still currently found on the shelves of stores. The protesters wear stomachs of made of plaster to express the fact that lead exposure during pregnancy causes long-term complications in newborns.
September 27, 2007 – Dr. Sean Palfrey, a Boston Medical Center pediatrician, explains to an audience of concerned parents at the Boston, MA, Marriott hotel the harmful effects of excessive amounts of lead on the body. Exposure to lead increases the chances of suffering from asthma, ADHD, and autism, to name a few. High levels of lead are currently being found in toys that are made of cheaply produced material known as PVC.
September 27, 2007 - The portable XRF, an x-ray fluorescence analyzer that detects chemicals in any substance in less than 60 seconds, such as the levels of lead in paint, is used at the Marriott hotel in Boston, MA, to reveal to an audience the dangerous amounts of lead in popular toys, such as the rubber ducky. Judy Robinson, a concerned parent, addresses the audience in the background about her fears and questions why there has been no action in the state of Massachusetts to protect children from such unnecessary and avoidable harms.
September 27, 2007 - Joseph Allen uses a portable X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) device to test a “Superfly” monkey, whose cape is made with PVC (vinyl), for levels of lead in the Marriott hotel in Copley Square in Boston, MA. Allen is a doctoral student at the Boston University School of Public Health specializing in the exposure of toxic chemicals in the home environment and is especially concerned because he has a one-year-old son who plays with toys similar to those failing such tests.The experiment proves to an audience that certain children’s products are hazardous to health and development. Costing between $30 and $40 thousand dollars, the XFR is by no means a common household electronic, making it unavailable to parents concerned about their own children’s toys.
September 27, 2007 – Michael Schade, of the Center for Health, Environment, and Justice, who is also the coordinator of this information session, held in the Marriott hotel in Boston, MA, informs the audience about the harmful effects of lead in toys that are made of PVC (vinyl). He explains that all of the toys found on the table to his right, which are currently being sold in stores, exceed the federal limit established by a 1978 mandate in response to toxic levels of lead in paint.
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