EcoWaste to govt, industry: Remove toxic chemicals in recycled plastic toys

EcoWaste Coalition is calling on the government to revamp the country’s recycling protocols. | IBiongINQ

The analyzed toys in the study contained dangerous concentrations of flame retardants and dioxins that were comparable to levels in hazardous wastes such as the ash from waste incinerators, the EcoWaste Coalition noted.

“We agree with the researchers’ call for immediate action to change the global recycling systems to prevent hazardous chemical content from entering the recycling chain. It’s a wake-up call for the government and the industry, as well as for consumers, that must not be ignored,” Dizon noted. They noted that the current recycling systems allow plastics with flame retardant chemicals and dioxins to be put into the recycling stream, resulting in dangerously contaminated products made of recycled plastics, such as toys.

“Our methodologies using state-of-the-art human and mammalian cells, as well as chemical analyses to assess the toxic impacts of the plastics in this study, advance scientific knowledge about how toxic chemicals in plastics can impact human health.

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