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32. 0802005 0802001 mA 267 O Council Directive 1976 769 EEC of 27 July 1976 the of regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to restrictions on on approximation laws the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations Council Directive 1988 378 EEC of 3 May 1988 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning the safety of toys Commission Decision 1999 815 EEC of 7 December 1999 prohibiting the placing on the market of toys adopting measures and childcare articles intended to be placed in the mouth by children under three years of age made of soft PVC containing one or more of the substances DINP DEHP DBP DIDP DNOP and BBP 2005 84 EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2005 amending for the 22 time Council Directive 76 769 EEC on the approximation of the provisions of the Member States relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain Directive laws regulations and administrative dangerous substances and preparations phthalates in toys and childcare articles O L Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 Public Law 110 314 August 14 2008 Section 108 Prohibition
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66. chief sponsor of S 2928 which would ban BPA in products for children age 7 and under He said the world took note when NIH s National Toxicology Program NTP released its BPA study in April with Canada taking action to ban BPA from baby bottles Wal Mart pulling BPA containing children s products from the shelves in Canada and Toys R Us announcing plans to do so in the United States beginning in January 2009 He also noted that California is currently considering BPA legislation FDA Associate Commissioner for Science Dr Norris Alderson said his agency created a task force to undertake further study of BPA following the release of the NTP report Meanwhile he said FDA has no reason for concern at this time and he noted that governmental authorities in the European Union and Japan have found BPA to be safe Nonetheless he noted that FDA has publicly advised that consumers can turn to aiternative products specifically citing glass baby bottles CPSC Deputy Associate Executive Director for Health Sciences Dr Marilyn Wind presented a detailed history of the CPSC s review of phthalates including the agency s 3 0 vote in February 2003 to deny a petition to ban phthalates from children s products following the completion of a Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel study of DINP the most commonly used phthalate Wind called into question the 0 1 percent phthalate limit contairied in the Senate version of the pending CPSC reauthorization legislation H R 40
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71. 40 saying this would be a contamination level On BPA Wind noted that the recent NTP study concluded that diet is the main source of BPA and that those products are not regulated by the CPSC However she noted that it clearly made no sense to also ban other BPA containing children s products such as protective helmets and goggles of likely interest to SGMA members where there could be no possible BPA related health impact During questioning of the governmental witnesses the FDA witness said on several occasions there are uncertainties regarding BPA On the other hand Wind held her around on phthalates noting that the CPSC had worked with EU officials as they developed their phthalate ban but we did not understand how they came to the conclusion that phthalates posed a problem saying they simply picked a number on exposure that was grossly overstated and was not supported by science In closing the hearing Pryor gave no indication of plans for follow up action by his committee which can be placed in the mouth http www row minvws nl upload row guidance ti20documentft20ftalaten pdfilsearch Guidance Name amp Description Can HiT Sx Green handle orange key if 5cm in one Can not AT SS
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76. ent researchers I know that we did really good science she says And sometimes people don t listen to the good science f X C eee ee e OO 2 About SGMA Join SGMA 2 SGMA Commitizes Press Releases Research Reports Public Policy Send letter to Congress CPSC Impending Deadlines and Timetable Get PHIT Get Involved Health through Fitness Initiatives SGMA s 2009 National Health Through Fitness Day Trade General Business Intellectual Property General Public Policy Events and Programs Education end Resources Newsletter Events Calendar Contact Us fly SGMA Home gt gt Public Policy gt gt General Business gt gt Legal Reform Issues gt gt Senate Hears Testimony on Phthalate BPA Containing Children s Products Senate Hears Testimony on Phthalate BPA Containing Children s Products The Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs held a hearing on May 14 that focused on phthalates and bisphenol A BPA in consumer products generally and children s products in particular Subcommittee chairman Mark Pryor D AR said he had called the hearing to gather information in the wake of recent media reports on BPA and phthalates and then to see where that leads us However It is clear some other Senate Democrats are anxious to pass restrictive legislation at the earliest opportunity Sen Charles Schumer D NY testified at the hearing as the
77. micals called phthalates which are used to make plastic soft Congress passed the ban in 2008 after concluding that the chemicals posed a risk to children who chew on their toys Children would have to mouth toys The action came despite advice not to enact the ban from scientists at the containing the phthalate DINP for at Consumer Product Safety Commission which regulates toys least 75 minutes a day to have even the slightest risk of health problems a The commission opposed the ban because there was not a risk of injury to Consumer Product Safety Commission children says Dr Marilyn Wind deputy associate executive director for panel concluded after analyzing data health sciences at CPSC about chewing and saliva iStockphoto com It reached that conclusion after studying phthalates in toys for more than 25 years and acting several times to make sure children were not exposed to even a slight risk from products that contain the chemicals Putting The Study Where The Mouth Is Wind says that from the beginning CPSC scientists have focused on products that end up in a child s mouth including rattles squeeze toys teethers and pacifiers That s the most exposure she says because mouthing and saliva can release phthalates from plastic products Back in the 1980s soft toys made from PVC plastic contained a type of phthalate called DEHP which has been shown to cause cancer in rodents exposed to high doses The commission wa
78. ned no DINP Wind says each observer carried a stopwatch and every time a child put something in their mouth they recorded it Before this study was finished the CPSC panel concluded based on the data about chewing and saliva that children would have to mouth toys containing DINP for at least 75 minutes a day to have even the slightest risk of health problems The mouthing experiment showed that even young children kept toys in their mouths less than two minutes a day So by 2003 the science was pretty clear Wind says We could not ban DINP because there was not a risk of injury to children In testimony before Congress Wind summarized the research her agency had done on phthalates in children s products and argued against the proposed ban An Abundance Of Caution Scientists from the FDA explained why they too had concluded that the ban was not necessary to protect the public But lawmakers had other ideas Sen Dianne Feinstein D CA said the ban was needed because phthalates had been linked to serious reproductive defects Rep Jan Schakowsky D IL talked about potential harm to testosterone development and the male reproductive tract And during hearings the lawmakers heard from scientists representing groups that want the government to ban all PVC plastics from children s products The frightening allegations helped pass the law banning phthalates But Wind says she stands by the studies done by governm
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80. s concerned enough about DEHP to begin action that would limit kids exposure to it Before that happened though companies offered to voluntarily remove DEHP from pacifiers teethers and rattles That solved one problem but created another Choosing A New Unknown Instead of using DEHP companies began softening toys with a phthalate called DINP which appeared less likely to cause problems in rats and mice Then in the late 1990s Wind says scientists found evidence that DINP could cause liver problems in rodents We met with industry and made them aware of what we found and they voluntarily removed DINP from toys that could be mouthed Wind says The commission also convened an expert panel to study DINP And it began two experiments to figure out how much DINP kids could get from toys they put in their mouths The first experiment used volunteers from the commission s staff We gave them DINP containing piece of PVC to chew on and they then had to spit out their saliva she says Scientists measured how much DINP was in the saliva The approach was designed to extract more DINP than an infant possibly could from a toy Wind says 7 Do Kids Chew Toys Enough To Be At Risk The second experiment done in 2000 and 2001 sent trained observers into homes and day care centers They studied 169 children to find out what they really did with their toys The experiment did not include pacifiers or teethers which by that time contai
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