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EU Calls for Ban of Carcinogenic and Toxic Chemicals from Children's Toys
Commission vice president Guenter Verheugen, responsible for enterprise and industrial policy, admitted that the new measures would entail extra costs and that 100 percent safety in toys, or any other product, could not be guaranteed.
"Economic operators are now called to live up to their responsibilities to ensure that children can enjoy playing with toys without risks," said Verheugen, as he proposed new EU laws to be considered by the 27 member states.
The rules if adopted would affect EU manufacturers and elsewhere, notably China.
China is the world's top toy exporter, selling 22 billion toys overseas in 2006.
US giant Mattel recalled more than 21 million Chinese-made toys last summer, but later apologised saying 85 percent of the recall was due to its own design flaws.
The EU commissioner explained that there was a need for a re-vamp of the existing laws not least because "we've seen dramatic changes in the toy market and we've made new scientific breakthoughs in the past 20 years particularly concerning the use of chemicals in toys."
Among the detailed proposals he unveiled was the banning of all chemical substances that could provoke cancer as well as those which could cause genetic mutations or be "toxic for reproduction" in toys aimed at the under-14s.
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