U.K. toys possibly toxic?
Toys sold in Britain this Christmas may contain potentially dangerous chemicals, a U.K. health expert said Friday. With a European Parliament vote in less than two weeks that will overhaul the EU chemical safety laws, European Parliament Member Caroline Lucas said that the sweeping change -- part of the EU's REACH initiative -- 'will protect consumers from the most harmful toxic ingredients used in everyday products from computers and cleaning products, to clothes and even baby goods and children's toys.' Lucas said some of the suspect children's toys include the so-called Bratz doll, baby bottles made by Toys 'R' Us, modeling clay and rubber bath ducks. 'But even if the REACH initiative is adopted next month -- despite the best efforts of the Tories and the chemicals industry to sabotage it -- it will be years before some of the offending products are taken off the shelves,' she predicted."
posted by Eugen @ 11/04/2005 11:14:00 PM
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