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Area for effort: Toys Responsible: Municipality of Ballerup
Knowledge base
Toys contain many problematic substances that are under suspicion of being allergenic, carcinogenic or teratogenic. The chemicals added to toys cover, for example, perfumes in textile rattles, softeners in bathing pools and brominated flame retardants in electronic toys. In autumn 2004 the Danish Technological Institute tested 22 pieces of toys that proved to contain concentrations of heavy metals and phthalates above the EU limit value.
Problem
What is good and what is bad – it is a jungle to find your way in the flow of information on problematic substances in toys. And not least to find alternatives to the problematic toys. Children are highly exposed to chemicals in toys and take in the problematic substances through the skin, through breathing or orally. No one knows the long-term effects of chemicals in toys and no one knows the synergy effect.
Target groups
Citizens (mothers’ groups).
Instrument/effort: Information and dialogue through group with high credibility towards the target group
In cooperation with visiting nurses the Green Secretariat will prepare a small pamphlet with tips for toys for 0-1 year old babies. In addition we will purchase a box of eco-friendly toys. All visiting nurses in the municipality will be invited to a topic meeting where they are presented to the pamphlet and the toy box. After that, the visiting nurses will bring the folders and the toy box at their visits to mothers’ groups.
Indicators
Toys and occupational materials containing problematic substances according to the list of hazardous and undesired substances will be substituted. Visiting nurses will have informed and distributed the pamphlets to at least ten mothers’ groups.
When
1 September 2005 – 1 December 2006
How
Preparation of information material and training
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