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the book you mention is not to be released until 5 may 2009, a touch 
premature perhaps?

dave
"Clubsprint" <clubsprint@nospam.com> wrote in message 
news:gj55sv$nia$1@news-01.bur.connect.com.au...
> 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
>
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