The Journal

Customers kept asking whether the mats contain PFAS. So I went after the laboratory reports behind the certificate. More than 30 individual PFAS compounds, two years of testing, none ever detected.

Formamide in EVA foam play mats triggered bans in France and Belgium in 2010. Here is what regulators actually concluded, and the material that sidesteps the question.

Foam and vinyl play mats can contain flame retardants and phthalates. Here is what the research shows and what to look for, or avoid, when buying.