Press Release: Don’t allow recycling of plastics that contain toxic phthalate DEHP, warn MEPs

The European Parliament approved in plenary on 25 November 2015 a non-binding resolution urging the European Commission not to authorise the recycling of plastics that contain the banned softener diethylhexyl phthalate (DHEP), to make soft PVC items such as footwear and floor coverings, because it poses a reproductive toxicity threat to exposed workers and could render their male foetuses sterile.

• Primary Source

EurActiv, 30.11.15: MEPs block Commission proposal to recycle hormone disrupting plastics http://www.euractiv.com/sections/health-consumers/meps-block-commission-proposal-recycle-hormone-disrupting-plastics-319920

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