Free vs. Lead-Safe?

All of the lunch bags we offer are vinyl-free and meet our high product standards of value, function, style and quality. To be accurate, we have categorized our lunch bags as lead-free and lead-safe. Lead-free bags are vinyl-free bags that show no traces of lead whatsoever. Lead-safe bags are vinyl-free bags that may show minute amounts of lead - no more than 15% - of the 50 ppm (parts per million) benchmark used by CEH to determine if a bag is lead-safe or not. Neoprene and coated nylon will occasionally test positive for trace amounts of lead due to lead being added during the manufacturing process as a stablizer. Because of this, we must delineate bags that contain neoprene and coated nylon as lead-safe as they may show trace lead amounts during testing. Again, we carry no lunch bag that is considered unsafe by the CEH. In fact, the CEH endorses lead-safe neoprene bags as alternatives to vinyl lunch bags on their website. Click here to read more. If you know of any products we ...  more

All of the lunch bags we offer are vinyl-free and meet our high product standards of value, function, style and quality. To be accurate, we have categorized our lunch bags as lead-free and lead-safe. Lead-free bags are vinyl-free bags that show no traces of lead whatsoever. Lead-safe bags are vinyl-free bags that may show minute amounts of lead - no more than 15% - of the 50 ppm (parts per million) benchmark used by CEH to determine if a bag is lead-safe or not. Neoprene and coated nylon will occasionally test positive for trace amounts of lead due to lead being added during the manufacturing process as a stablizer. Because of this, we must delineate bags that contain neoprene and coated nylon as lead-safe as they may show trace lead amounts during testing. Again, we carry no lunch bag that is considered unsafe by the CEH. In fact, the CEH endorses lead-safe neoprene bags (e.g. Built NY Gourmet Getaway and Lunch Tote) as alternatives to vinyl lunch bags on their website. Click here ...  more