Bisphenol A (BPA) strictly limited in toys
26 Jun 2014 01:08 PM
In its continuous strive to
improve the safety of toys the European Commission has decided to set a strict
limit of 0.1 mg/l (migration limit) in toys for children up to the age of 3
years and in any toys intended to be placed in the mouth. The limit was taken
from European Standard EN 71-9:2005+A1:2007, which is applied voluntarily by
the European toy industry to control the content of BPA in toys. This has
contributed to keeping the exposure of children to BPA from toys low in
comparison to other non-food contributors such as cosmetics or dust, and far
lower than the exposure from BPA in the diet according to the related report of the European Food Safety
Agency (EFSA).
The complex health effects of
BPA, including endocrine disrupting effects, are still under scientific
evaluation at the EFSA and in other scientific fora. If relevant new scientific
information becomes available through the ongoing scientific work, the limit
that the Commission has now adopted would have to be reviewed.