ChemSec 2010年12月21日
デンマーク 子ども用製品中での
内分泌かく乱物質パラベンを禁止


情報源: ChemSec, 21 December 2010
Denmark Continues to Ban EDCs in Products for Children
http://www.chemsec.org/news/news-2010/662-denmark
-continues-to-ban-edcs-in-products-for-children


訳:安間 武 (化学物質問題市民研究会
掲載日:2010年12月29日
このページへのリンク:
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/kagaku/pico/kaigai/kaigai_10/10_12/101221_ChemSec_Denmark _Ban_EDCs.html


 デンマークは、3歳以下の幼児のためのローションなど身体手入れ用品中で(訳注:主に防腐剤として使用されている)プロピルパラベン及びブチルパラベンを禁止することによって、再び内分泌かく乱物質(EDCs)と闘う先駆者となる。デンマークは、子エッらの化学物質を禁止するEUで最初の国となる。

 今年の初め、デンマークはまた、赤ちゃんの哺乳びんでのEDC ビスフェノールAの使用を禁止し,EU の他の国に従うよう範を示した。

 内分泌かく乱化学物質は、低精子数、精巣がん、早熟、男児の性器異常など、多くの有害影響の原因として疑われている。

欧州委員会赤ちゃんの哺乳びんでのビスフェノールA 来年から禁止に関する情報はここをクリック


European Commission: EU Ban on Bisphenol A in Baby Bottles Next Year
Friday, 26 November 2010
From March 2011 the manufacture of baby feeding bottles containing endocrine disruptor Bisphenol A (BPA) in the EU will be outlawed, and from June 2011 the importation and sale of such bottles will be prohibited, according to a European Commission decision on Thursday.

ChemSec and several other European NGOs working on toxic chemicals comment on the European Commission initiative:

"We welcome this first baby step that the European Commission has taken to ban bisphenol A in baby bottles - but this is not enough. Bisphenol A is widespread in the environment and in us, and babies are already exposed to it in the womb. So we believe the European Commission should aim to take adult steps and ban this hormone disruptor from all food contact materials such as can linings, and ultimately from all other products relevant for human and environmental exposure, e.g. the use in cash receipts", the groups says in a statement.

Background
Bisphenol A (BPA) is one of the world's most widely manufactured chemicals and can be found in many common goods such as plastics, food and drink containers, toys, computers, baby bottles, and medical equipment. BPA can leach from these products and is commonly detected in humans.

BPA is an endocrine disruptor that interferes with the body's natural hormones by mimicking natural human hormones. BPA can be especially damaging to the development of young children, even at very low levels of exposure. BPA is associated with illnesses such as obesity, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, fertility problems, and birth defects.

In October the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) rejected proposals to lower the level of tolerable daily intake for BPA in the EU.

Nonetheless, several national legislative bodies have been looking into how to limit human exposure to this problematic chemical. Canada is the first country in the world that has classified BPA as a toxic substance and EU countries France and Denmark have banned BPA in baby bottles. Denmark has taken this one step further and extended the prohibition to all food products for children up to three years old. Bans are also in place in Australia, and a few US states.

In June the European Parliament called for a ban on BPA in baby bottles.



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