‘Quality plywood’ as if plywood is on par with solid timber! Even the Ikea stool is solid pine.
Plywood is sheets of constituted timber glued together with formaldehyde based glue. Formaldehyde is a strong chemical also used for embalming and known to cause cancer in animals and maybe humans. It is associated with health problems such as watery eyes, nausea and difficulty breathing. Babies and the elderly are particularly susceptible.
And if you want to take advantage of Thomling Toy’s discount for buying more than one product... when several plywood items are indoors in a confined space, the formaldehyde levels in the space concentrate as the plywood ‘off-gasses’.
If liquid is spilled on plywood, particularly the edges where you can see the glued wood composite layers, the plywood can swell.
They should probably disclose whether their products are constructed with low emitting plywood and explain that ideally the plywood should be sealed in low-VOC paint or a natural finish such as beeswax. Finishing the plywood would also increase its water resistance.
Before they created the Instagram account and incorporated the company, they should have done their research into wall brackets, furniture pads, plywood properties and British Safety Standards. Their product safety shouldn’t be crowd sourced by their customers (and Tattle)!
Having 94k followers on Instagram doesn’t make you an expert on anything much, let alone manufacturing safe, compliant baby products. Such arrogance.
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