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...Children can be exposed to phthalates by chewing on soft vinyl toys or similar products. So dispose of all teethers, pacifiers, nipples, "sippy cups" and heavily mouthed toys made of soft plastic, unless they are labeled as PVC-free or phthalate-free...
...your health care provider for phthalate-free medical care, checking pharmaceutical labels for presence of phthalates and, when building or remodeling, avoiding PVC (vinyl) materials that will add phthalates to indoor environments...
...seven (all under age 30) in Warren, N.J., but the dolls, which come in five sizes, from 14 in. to 6 ft., are sewn by hand in Korea and assembled in China. They range in cost from $7 to $600. The company also sells keychains, T shirts, limited-edition vinyl figures, a card game and a How to Draw Uglydoll book...
...controversy centers on a family of chemicals called phthalates (pronounced "thalates"), which are used to soften vinyl, and on bisphenol A (BPA), a substance used to make clear and shatterproof plastic. Most are known to be so-called endocrine disrupters, capable of interfering with the hormones that regulate masculinity and femininity. Several hundred animal studies have linked phthalates to prostate and breast cancers, abnormal genitals, early puberty onset and obesity. More recently, they've been shown to affect humans as well. In a paper published last year in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, scientists from the Centers for Disease Control...
...toxic." As for recent phthalate studies on humans, she says, they are either preliminary or "overhyped." Meanwhile, toy companies are relying on a 2001 review by a Consumer Product Safety Commission panel that found "no demonstrated health risk" in toys made with DINP--one of the phthalates used in vinyl. Critics fault the panel for failing to examine the effect of DINP when combined with other phthalates...