I've been meaning to bring attention to a good article over at Smart Dogs' Weblog for a few days.

The recent scare about phthalates in plastic toys made us wonder about some of the popular brands of dog toys.

For example, my ball-crazy Rowan likes these from Planet Dog the best (size small, of course):

Since they are soft on the surface I wondered if they contained phthalates.

Smart Dogs did the legwork and wrote to various companies to get the answers.

These Planet Dog toys contain no phthalates, nor do the other most popular brands.

You can read about it here