{"id":133562,"date":"2024-09-06T07:40:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T04:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/eu-closer-to-rules-saving-childrens-toys-from-toxic-chemicals\/"},"modified":"2024-09-06T07:40:06","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T04:40:06","slug":"eu-closer-to-rules-saving-childrens-toys-from-toxic-chemicals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/eu-closer-to-rules-saving-childrens-toys-from-toxic-chemicals\/","title":{"rendered":"EU closer to rules saving children\u2019s toys from toxic chemicals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133562\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nNew EU-wide rules protect children have been backed by the Parliament and must now go to inter-institutional negotiations. The European Parliament today (5 September) backed a proposal aiming to improve the safety of toys available on the EU market \u2013 with a particular focus on substances harmful and toxic for children and the growing risks posed by digital products.<\/p>\n<p>Marion Walsmann (Germany\/EPP), steering the file through the Parliament, told Euronews that the current Toy Safety Directive from 2009 is outdated and needs revision, especially with the increasing importance of online marketplaces. \u201cBut also, in view of the latest scientific findings regarding harmful chemicals, the corresponding limit values would have to be adapted or introduced in the first place,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>With that aim, the European Commission tabled a proposal for a new Regulation in 2023. \u201cThis proposal will ensure that children are even more protected when playing with toys, including from harmful chemicals,\u201d Commissioner Thierry Breton said at the time. He added that enforcement will be stepped up thanks to digital technologies, allowing unsafe toys to be more easily detected, notably at EU borders. The regulation would introduce essential requirements for toys to ensure a high level of protection of the health and safety of children. It adds a new ban on endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and respiratory sensitisers to the existing prohibition on carcinogenic, mutagenic and toxic substances.<\/p>\n<p>As the endocrine systems and the brains of children are still developing, they are highly sensitive to any substance that affects their development. Respiratory sensitisers can lead to an increase in childhood asthma, and neurotoxic substances are particularly harmful to children&#8217;s developing brains, which are more vulnerable to toxic injury than adult brains. Endocrine disruptors are chemicals that alter normal hormonal activity in the body such as bisphenols and phthalates. Exposure to EDCs can be dangerous even at very low doses and have effects later in life.<\/p>\n<p>Exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals has been widely studied in recent years, as analysis suggest that they may be responsible for declining sperm counts, increased numbers of male children born with genital malformations, and rising cases of certain types of cancer that are known to be hormone-sensitive. The text proposed by the Parliament reinforces the obligation for manufacturers to include warnings on toys describing potential risks and clarifying target age-groups.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/health\/2024\/09\/05\/eu-closer-to-rules-saving-childrens-toys-from-toxic-chemicals\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/health\/2024\/09\/05\/eu-closer-to-rules-saving-childrens-toys-from-toxic-chemicals\">Euronews<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/csr-news-en\/eu-closer-to-rules-saving-childrens-toys-from-toxic-chemicals\/\">EU closer to rules saving children\u2019s toys from toxic chemicals<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[15994,555,274,11870],"class_list":["post-133562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-childrens-toys","tag-csr-news-en","tag-eu","tag-toxic-chemicals"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133562\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}