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U.S. rules PVC toys not a threat to kids.(Consumer Product Safety Commission rejects National Environmental Trust petition to ban PVC)
Plastics News, March, 2003
The federal government has rejected efforts to ban PVC from toys for children under 5 years old, arguing that any exposure children have to diisononyl phthalate from PVC does not rise to a level that would harm them. The Bethesda-based Consumer Product Safety Commission decided late Feb. 21 to reject a petition from the National Environmental Trust and several other groups that had asked for a ban.
The 3-0 decision by the agency's commissioners is not unexpected - CPSC staff concluded in September that there is no risk to children from exposure and recommended against a ban. In 1998, under some public pressure, many toy companies and retailers voluntarily removed DINP from some toys. A Toys-R-Us spokeswoman told the Associated Press the retailer would...
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