RPT-SPECIAL REPORT-The problem with phthalates
October 18, 2010 at 06:58 AM EDT
"If a non-toy product is manufactured outside the EU and imported, there's very little protection -- a notification to the authorities and not much more," says Schaible of the EEB. "The process to remove only a few very high-concern chemicals will take several decades at this pace... Decision-makers proposed back in October 2008 a dozen substances to be phased out, but measures will only be in place for some of these by 2016." RIGHT TO KNOW