About 20% of slime toys contain migration levels of boron that are too high. That’s the finding of a study made with a project named “Coordinated Activities on the Safety of Products” (CASP). Scientists analyzed a total of 195 samples. In 39 of the samples, they found values higher than…
The European Chemical Industry Council (Conseil Européen des Fédérations de l’Industrie Chimique: CEFIC) analyzed last year’s notification from the Rapid Exchange of Information (RAPEX) system. The Council published the most-important results in a press release in February 2020. According to the document, 92% of chemicals that do not conform to…
Toys continue to be contaminated with hazardous chemicals. According to a current EU report, Safety Gate: just a click to keep away from dangerous products, toys are one of the top three product categories most frequently reported to the early warning system formerly known as RAPEX, which stands for rapid…
Every third product considered faulty comes from the People’s Republic of China. A good half of the products reported as substandard violate the German Food and Feed Law (Lebensmittel-, Bedarfsgegenstände- und Futtermittelgesetzbuch (LFGB)). Most of them deal with commodities for the home and leisure time, along with cosmetics like tattoo…
