Abstract
EUROPEAN UNION NATIONS have agreed unanimously to place permanent restrictions on some phthalates used in children's toys and child care products. Phthalates are often used as plasticizers in polyvinyl chloride products to make them soft, rather than rigid. New legislation would essentially ban DEHP [di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate], DBP (di- n -butyl phthalate), and BBP (butyl benzyl phthalate) from all toys and child care articles. And it would basically ban the phthalates DINP (diisononyl phthalate), DIDP (diisodecyl phthalate), and DNOP (di- n -octyl phthalate) in toys for children under three years of age that could be placed in their mouths. The compromise reached today is an important step forward in helping reduce the risks to children from certain phthalates in toys and child care articles, says Olli Rehn, EU commissioner for enterprise and information society. In 1999, the EU placed temporary bans on these phthalates in toys and child care articles. At that time, the European Chemicals ...
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