Negotiators from the European Parliament and the EU’s 27 states agreed to strengthen rules on imported toys and those made in the bloc.
The agreed text introduces a limited ban on “forever chemicals” -- known as PFAS -- only providing for exemptions when the chemicals are fully inaccessible to children.
Chronic exposure to even low levels of the chemicals has been linked to liver damage, high cholesterol, reduced immune responses, low birth weights and several kinds of cancer.
“The new Toy Safety Regulation sends out a strong signal: for the protection of our children, fair competition and for Europe as a business location,“ said Marion Walsmann, the German EU lawmaker who spearheaded the text in the European Parliament.
The text will only become law once it is formally adopted by EU states and parliament.
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