US Consumer Product Safety Commission Bans Children's Toys with Certain Phthalates

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a final rule prohibiting the sale of children's toys and child care articles containing high levels of diisononyl phthalate, diisobutyl phthalate, and other specified phthalates, in line with the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008.

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