OTTAWA, Ontario - Canada will
restrict six toxic chemicals used to soften vinyl plastics in order to
limit the exposure of infants and children to the chemicals, Health
Minister Leona Aglukkaq said Tuesday.
The new regulations, to be implemented in June, will ban toys and child
care products that contain greater than allowable concentrations of the
six phthlates, a family of chemicals used to soften polyvinyl chloride,
or PVC.
No comments:
Post a Comment