SPECIAL HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT NOTE: All inflatable globes on the market that we know of are made of polyvinyl chloride (PVC)—known as "vinyl" for short.  Some advocacy groups believe that despite its extremely widespread and decades-long use (in everything from shower curtains, water pipes, and hospital IV bags, to toys, food and drink containers, car seat coverings, and "vinyl" records—not to mention the vinyl raised-relief maps we sell elsewhere on this website) it should be banned.  These groups believe that PVC manufacturing causes high levels of pollution, that the leaching of harmful PVC additives and contaminants out of the product is detrimental to human health, and that when burned (such as when accidentally burned in a structural fire) it releases particularly toxic substances especially hazardous to firefighters.  Here is a link to the Wikipedia article on the subject: Wikipedia PVC article.  In addition, notice that all inflatable globes are made in China (other websites which sell these same products don't tell you this), which has been recently criticized for lax environmental and safety standards in manufacturing. For these reasons, we have discontinued them.  Though they have been a substantial source of income for Mindbird Maps, and we need all the income we can get, conscience does not permit us to restock them.

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