Why did the U.S. and EU restrict the use of phthalates in toys?
A. The decisions to restrict the use of phthalates in childrens products in not based on science. Importantly, after phthalates were restricted in the U.S. as part of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), a scientist at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) stated that she did not believe that phthalates posed a risk of injury to children. Similarly, the European legislature voted to restrict phthalates, even though the draft conclusion of an exhaustive safety review of the principal phthalate used in toys stated it was unlikely to pose a risk even for newborns. learn more about phthalates and children’s toys back to top Phthalates and Health Phthalates are among the most thoroughly studied families of compounds in the world. Because of this, it is not unusual for new studies to be reported every week. And, while some of these studies have suggested a link between phthalates and various human health effects, none has demonstrated an actual causal link (that
