NEWS|Plastic doll sampling plasticizer exceeded 30%

People buy toys for the children at home beware Hello! Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection, today announced the results of sampling commercially available plastic dolls, 20 in six plasticizer content exceeded, including facial plastic dolls were found excessive levels of plasticizer 184.5 times.

 

Changing styles and alternative modeling plastic dolls are many people's favorite childhood toy, STC Bureau recently in Taipei City and New Taipei City department stores, toy stores and retail shops selling channels, purchase 20 sample quality testing and labeling Check.

 

STC Board test results found that a physically small objects do not meet national standards testing, on behalf of objects too small to easily be swallowed by young children, could easily lead to choking hazard, and another 10 Chinese mark failed.

 

It is worth noting that this sampling of 20, there are six plasticizer content exceeded the national standard plastic dolls 0.1% below the set limit, sell Location and Universal contains Toys R Us store in TOYSRUS, Huan Di Tucheng, New Taipei City Industrial society, Wen Xuan living museum, Ltd. (North department Kangding small shop) Wanhua blue sky and children's clothing line in Taipei City, Yidong Toys Co., Ltd., Fortune department store (million passengers Fu Shopping Center) and the like.

 

Among them, Huan Di Industrial Society selling plastic doll face soft plastic part, was found to plasticizer content of up to 18.45%, equal exceeding 184.5 times.

 

STC Bureau said, an ester phthalate plasticizer an environmental hormonal balance and can interfere with the normal function of the endocrine system, long-term exposure may cause feminization of boys under plasticizers, girls precocious puberty and increased the chances of women suffering from breast cancer and so on.

 

Source: http://www.pidc.org.tw/zh-tw/news/IndustryNews/Pages/20160414.aspx