The following is from our ribbon supplier here in the USA. This is what they have to say about the safety of our ribbon:

We have received emails and telephone calls from many of our customers concerned about the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, Title I Children’s Products, specifically pertaining to the lead paint rule and timetable.

We have contacted our yarn suppliers as yarn is the raw material used in our ribbon and have received material safety data sheets on our yarn and dyes used. All our yarn is manufactured domestically within the United States and does not contain harmful materials and is free from lead. The ink used on our polka dot ribbons does not contain harmful material and is free from lead. Our ribbon is free from di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP) or benzyl butyl phhalate (BBP).