The hazards of phthalates have not been determined yet.

 

 

 

"The harmfulness of phthalate esters has been controversial in the world." Zhang Yanfen, secretary-general of the National Toy Standardization Technical Committee, said.

 

 

 

According to Zhang Yanfen, phthalate ester is a plasticizer. At present, there are more than 10 kinds of phthalates commonly used, which are widely used in various daily necessities and medical products. The main function of phthalate ester is to soften PVC plastics and enhance its flexibility. It has been used worldwide for more than 50 years. Silence is not the right way to deal with the flooding of plasticizers. As a result, Shenzhen has withdrawn Taiwan's unified products from the whole Taiwan "encirclement and suppression" campaign.

 

 

 

In recent years, the United States and the European Union have made some safety assessments of phthalates. The European Union mainly adopts the method of feeding large quantities of pure phthalate esters to animals. It is found that animals fed low molecular weight phthalate esters (DEHP, DBP, BBP) have adverse effects on their reproduction and development, but animals fed high molecular weight phthalate esters (DINP, DIDP, DNOP) have not been found to be affected on their reproduction and development.

 

 

 

In terms of human impact, the EU has conducted safety assessments and has so far failed to provide reports of human injury. In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) monitors a large number of people to investigate the exposure of phthalates to human health. So far, no report has been issued that has a direct impact on human health.

 

 

 

China is actively studying the new rules in Europe and America

 

 

 

According to Zhang Yanfen, the toy standard "National Toy Safety Technical Specification" implemented in China is a compulsory national standard. Its mechanical and physical properties, combustion performance, migrable chemical elements (mainly soluble heavy metals) and other technical requirements are completely consistent with the international standard ISO 8124 "Toy Safety".

 

 

 

As for the limit values of eight migrable chemical elements, Chinese standards are equivalent to international standards and European and American standards. The limit values of lead, arsenic, antimony, barium, cadmium, chromium, mercury and selenium are in ppm units, which are 90, 25, 60, 1000, 75, 60, 60 and 500, respectively.

 

 

 

At the end of 2008, the European Union revised the toy directive to increase the restrictions on hazardous elements from 8 to 19, but the new restrictions will not be implemented until 2013, and there are no new detection standards for hazardous elements in the European Union. A bill in force in 2008 in the United States imposed new total lead restrictions on all accessible materials and paints in children's articles, but due to the original technology. As a result, the United States recently stipulated that the total lead limit, which was scheduled to be implemented on August 14, this year, will not be implemented for the time being.

 

 

 

Aiming at the new regulations of harmful elements in toys in EU and USA, our country is actively following up and studying, and will improve the relevant standards of toys in our country in time.

 

 

 

As for phthalate esters, there are certain limits in Europe and America. Although the standards formulated by the International Organization for Standardization do not restrict phthalate esters, in order to ensure the safety of infants and young children, China has stipulated the limits of six types of phthalate esters in the forthcoming infant pacifiers (pacifiers) safety standards, which are the same as those of the European Union.

 

 

 

In addition, other toy standards for infants and young children, such as National Toy Safety Technical Specification and Safety Requirements for Baby and Young Children's Swimming Pool Suits, are being revised in China, and the limits of phthalates will also be stipulated. At the same time, China has also formulated and implemented the standard for the detection of phthalates. Experts pointed out that due to the different development of different countries and the lack of global integration of product technical regulations and standards, countries formulate different product technical regulations and standards according to their own national conditions. Therefore, the entry of products manufactured and processed by enterprises into different national markets must meet the requirements of national technical regulations and standards in different markets, which is the most basic condition for entering the international market.