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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.

More info
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/victoria/component+banned+Europe+common+here/1046982/story.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phthalate

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/10/16/MNT0SQDJV.DTL

http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSN1443724320071015

http://info.hktdc.com/alert/eu0019.htm