lego in a tank??
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OK, went to the LEGO manufacturing site. It appears they use food-grade safe plastics to manufacture LEGO bricks. There's no mention of recycled plastics being added. So, it looks like they're safe to place in an aquarium.
OK, went to the LEGO manufacturing site. It appears they use food-grade safe plastics to manufacture LEGO bricks. There's no mention of recycled plastics being added. So, it looks like they're safe to place in an aquarium.
Some kid on another site made lego caves, I hope they're non toxic cause I chewed on them alot as a kid...Maybe thats why..nah.
BTW here's his caves:
http://www.plecofanatics.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24830&highlight=lego
BTW here's his caves:
http://www.plecofanatics.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24830&highlight=lego
i know they are safe if you accidentally ate one as a kid, so i would imagine they are ok in the aquarium
I have a new mission in life. I'm going to convert a tank into a Lego land.
This is from their site:
The Environment
Ever since it was founded in 1932, the LEGO Group has focused on the environment in everything it does. In the LEGO Group we are environmentally conscious and see it as our coresponsibility to minimize the waste and energy used during the manufacturing process, avoiding materials which cause toxic substances and fumes, and are harmful for your child, our employees and the environment.
The LEGO Group will incorporate the global ISO 14001 certification, which are uniform environmental standards, in all of our activities, in all areas and at all levels of the Group.
Environmental responsibility
The responsibility towards the environment is deeply rooted in the LEGO Group. Before we use new raw materials in our production, they are tested for their effect on the environment both inside and outside the company. We reuse the plastic material, and this result in less than 1 per cent of the total plastic material use ends up as waste. Furthermore, we ensure that none of our employees are exposed to toxic substances and fumes that can damage their health or safety.
We consider ourselves being environmental responsible. The motto of the founder of LEGO A/S, Ole Kirk Christiansen,”Only the best is good enough” is still our basic guideline. That is why we continuously seek to become better in the minimisation of environmental impacts.
http://www.lego.com/eng/info/default.asp?page=environment
LEGO Group aims to lead on quality
One of the LEGO Group's declared aims is to be the best in all areas of business in which the company participates. At a very minimum, play material from the LEGO Group must satisfy all national and international toy standards. In practice, this means that all LEGO play materials must conform to the toughest regulations that exist anywhere.
Apart from official regulations, we aim to ensure that all LEGO products meet the expectations of quality and safety that consumers can reasonably demand of design, play patterns and foreseeable misuse.
As a further requirement, the LEGO Group has opted to ensure that its products not only satisfy the standards for plastics used in making toys but also the regulations that govern food packaging - plus meet a series of specific requirements for the properties of the raw materials.
The company has a development laboratory for plastics materials and a test laboratory in Switzerland as well as its own laboratories in Denmark.
The LEGO Group uses primarily ABS plastics in the manufacture of its products. This ABS material has been specially developed for our company and is not available to others. This has important consequences: for example, no other manufacturer is able to make products with the same unique clutch power, shine properties and colour stability as LEGO Group products possess. The company's laboratories continuously test our plastics to the extreme in order to improve resistance, for example, to bite marks and scratching.
All LEGO play materials carry the EU CE symbol. The symbol means that the LEGO Group guarantees that the product complies with the European Toy Directive. Products manufactured for the American market must satisfy the Code of Federal Regulation and ASTM standard F963.
http://www.lego.com/eng/info/default.asp?page=safety
The Environment
Ever since it was founded in 1932, the LEGO Group has focused on the environment in everything it does. In the LEGO Group we are environmentally conscious and see it as our coresponsibility to minimize the waste and energy used during the manufacturing process, avoiding materials which cause toxic substances and fumes, and are harmful for your child, our employees and the environment.
The LEGO Group will incorporate the global ISO 14001 certification, which are uniform environmental standards, in all of our activities, in all areas and at all levels of the Group.
Environmental responsibility
The responsibility towards the environment is deeply rooted in the LEGO Group. Before we use new raw materials in our production, they are tested for their effect on the environment both inside and outside the company. We reuse the plastic material, and this result in less than 1 per cent of the total plastic material use ends up as waste. Furthermore, we ensure that none of our employees are exposed to toxic substances and fumes that can damage their health or safety.
We consider ourselves being environmental responsible. The motto of the founder of LEGO A/S, Ole Kirk Christiansen,”Only the best is good enough” is still our basic guideline. That is why we continuously seek to become better in the minimisation of environmental impacts.
http://www.lego.com/eng/info/default.asp?page=environment
LEGO Group aims to lead on quality
One of the LEGO Group's declared aims is to be the best in all areas of business in which the company participates. At a very minimum, play material from the LEGO Group must satisfy all national and international toy standards. In practice, this means that all LEGO play materials must conform to the toughest regulations that exist anywhere.
Apart from official regulations, we aim to ensure that all LEGO products meet the expectations of quality and safety that consumers can reasonably demand of design, play patterns and foreseeable misuse.
As a further requirement, the LEGO Group has opted to ensure that its products not only satisfy the standards for plastics used in making toys but also the regulations that govern food packaging - plus meet a series of specific requirements for the properties of the raw materials.
The company has a development laboratory for plastics materials and a test laboratory in Switzerland as well as its own laboratories in Denmark.
The LEGO Group uses primarily ABS plastics in the manufacture of its products. This ABS material has been specially developed for our company and is not available to others. This has important consequences: for example, no other manufacturer is able to make products with the same unique clutch power, shine properties and colour stability as LEGO Group products possess. The company's laboratories continuously test our plastics to the extreme in order to improve resistance, for example, to bite marks and scratching.
All LEGO play materials carry the EU CE symbol. The symbol means that the LEGO Group guarantees that the product complies with the European Toy Directive. Products manufactured for the American market must satisfy the Code of Federal Regulation and ASTM standard F963.
http://www.lego.com/eng/info/default.asp?page=safety
Kids and dogs eat them, so they can be in a the aquarium. Disney has a few huge LEGO statues in their waterways.