Because of these serious concerns, the European Union has banned DEHP and a number of other phthalates in children's toys. In 1998, the Toy Manufacturers of Americanow the Toy Industry Associationentered into a voluntary agreement with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission not to use DEHP in pacifiers, rattles, and teething rings.
by Bette Hileman | November 14, 2005
Because of these serious concerns, the European Union has banned DEHP and a number of other phthalates in children's toys. In 1998, the Toy Manufacturers of America—now the Toy Industry Association—entered into a voluntary agreement with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission not to use DEHP in pacifiers, rattles, and teething rings.
by Bette Hileman | November 14, 2005
"We wanted to pick something to emphasize the playfulness of chemistry and demonstrate that many toys can be used to teach powerful ideas in chemistry," de Groot says. The theme might have been toys, but the audience was "K to gray," de Groot says. "We really look at the broadest spectrum and appeal of outreach when designing NCW themes."
by Rachel Petkewich, C&EN Washington | December 12, 2005
"We wanted to pick something to emphasize the playfulness of chemistry and demonstrate that many toys can be used to teach powerful ideas in chemistry," de Groot says. The theme might have been toys, but the audience was "K to gray," de Groot says. "We really look at the broadest spectrum and appeal of outreach when designing NCW themes."
by Rachel Petkewich, C&EN Washington | December 12, 2005
His wife, Sally, gave him a small Tangle toy—one of those plastic stress-relief toys that twists and turns into an infinite number of shapes. “My wife is my greatest scientific asset in terms of finding interesting things,” Jaspars tells Newscripts. He couldn’t help but notice that the Tangle toy was an excellent prop for explaining the shape and movement of proteins.
by Bethany Halford | April 08, 2013
Safety commission seeks voluntary removal of phthalates A Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) study of diisononyl phthalate (DINP), which is used to soften some vinyl toys, has concluded that few, if any, children are at risk from chewing on those toys because the children ingest amounts too small to be harmful. As a result, CPSC has decided not to recommend a ban on toys made with DINP (see page 33). However, because of several areas of scientific uncertainty, CPSC requested that industry remove these phthalates from soft rattles and teethers by early 1999 and eliminate phthalates in other soft toys for children under three.
December 07, 1998
LETTERS LETTERS January 11, 1999 Volume 77, Number 2 CENEAR 77 2 p. 2 ISSN 0009-2347 [Table of Contents] Phthalates In his Business Insights, "If the Science is Weak, Bring in the Babies," William Storck suggests that Greenpeace's campaign to phase out polyvinyl chloride (PVC) toys is based on emotional appeal, not scientific fact (C&EN, Dec. 7, 1998, page 33). He claims there is little evidence of health effects caused by phthalates in toys by focusing on the scientific uncertainty concerning endocrine disruption. In so doing, he ignores extensive research conducted by Chemical Manufacturers Association member companies. For instance, Storck forgets to mention that phthalate manufacturer Aristech demonstrated that diisononyl phthalate (DINP, the most common phthalate used in toys) causes four different types of cancer in animals.
January 11, 1999
—Screening Toys “Stricter regulatory limits for lead and phthalates create analytical challenges” With the passage of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) of 2008, lawmakers set lower limits for a number of chemicals in children’s products, but they failed to ensure that accurate analytical methods were available to evaluate those products, according to Eileen M.
by Britt E. Erickson | August 31, 2009