Denmark steps ahead of EU regarding phase-out of phthalates / Industry criticises PVC blbod bag study

摘要

Denmark has drafted plans for a ban on four phthalate compounds that it considers to be human endocrine disruptors. The country's environment minister Ida Auken said the ban would be introduced in autumn 2012 for the plasticisers DEHP, DBP, DIBP and BBP. The low molecular weight phthalates have been linked to reduced sperm count in boys as well as early onset of puberty in girls and are suspected of causing liver cancer in mice.