U.S. lawmakers to ban toxins from toys
US lawmakers agreed to the use of a group of chemicals in toys and added children's compounds that consumer assortments say cause serious healthfulness effects, newspapers reported Tuesday.
Congressional negotiators agreed Monday on the wording of a ban after months of wrangling, according to The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal.
The ban, articulation of a long-debated overhaul of US consumer safety standards, would eliminate convinced phthalates used to soften plastic and commonly establish in toys, shower curtains and shampoos, The Washington Post reported.
Critics believe the chemicals are linked to reproductive predicaments, including low sperm counts.
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