They're banned in Europe and North America and yet we buy this stuff in toys from China by the tonne. What I'm talking about are phthalates. These nasty chemicals that are known to cause cancer, as an endocrine disruptor and has a negative effect on reproductive development in humans. I've been waging a one man war against these plastic additives for some years, throwing out anything that emanated that nasty chemical smell, I just knew from the smell that these soft plastics were evil. I've only very recently found out what they are. Phthalates are used to soften PVC. Usually they are found in many products for infants like rattles, dummies and teething rings. The child then absorbs the phthalates into their system as the chemical continuously leeches from the plastic.
The Australian market is going to be the recipient of an avalanche of nasty,toxic toys that have been rejected by the rest of the industrialized world. There has even been a book written about this horror by Canadian Rick Smith called "Slow Death by Rubber Duck: How the Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Life Affects Our Health". Why are Mattel and Hasbro, to name only two of the major toys companies,still selling toys to Australian families that contain this evil Chemical?
This is not a joke or hoax it's very real. Please write to you member of Parliament, the media, to Hasbro toys, Mattel toys and basically let everyone know about this Chinese toxic assault on our children. This nasty, toxic chemical should be banned from all children's toys, and probably altogether.
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