EU to ban dozens of toxic substances in children’s toys
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The sweeping new toy safety rules will also mean that all toys sold in the EU will be slapped with a 'digital product passport' in the form of a QR code displaying its compliance with EU safety laws.
Children’s squeaky plastic toys, trucks, blocks and dolls contain chemicals which are harmful to health, such as PFAS, also known as ‘forever chemicals’, as well as other hazardous substances like bisphenols.
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Recently, the Commission said they would take a "holistic" approach to regulating large e-commerce platforms like Shein, and Norway is mulling a crackdown on Temu, including a possible ban, over the sale of toxic toys.
A recent investigation by Toy Industries Europe into unbranded toys sold online found that 80% of toys examined by the group failed to meet EU safety standards, including products purchased from Amazon, Wish and AliExpress.
I thought we already did that..?
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The sweeping new toy safety rules will also mean that all toys sold in the EU will be slapped with a 'digital product passport' in the form of a QR code displaying its compliance with EU safety laws.
Children’s squeaky plastic toys, trucks, blocks and dolls contain chemicals which are harmful to health, such as PFAS, also known as ‘forever chemicals’, as well as other hazardous substances like bisphenols.
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Recently, the Commission said they would take a "holistic" approach to regulating large e-commerce platforms like Shein, and Norway is mulling a crackdown on Temu, including a possible ban, over the sale of toxic toys.
A recent investigation by Toy Industries Europe into unbranded toys sold online found that 80% of toys examined by the group failed to meet EU safety standards, including products purchased from Amazon, Wish and AliExpress.
Watch republicans lash out in response.
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The sweeping new toy safety rules will also mean that all toys sold in the EU will be slapped with a 'digital product passport' in the form of a QR code displaying its compliance with EU safety laws.
Children’s squeaky plastic toys, trucks, blocks and dolls contain chemicals which are harmful to health, such as PFAS, also known as ‘forever chemicals’, as well as other hazardous substances like bisphenols.
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Recently, the Commission said they would take a "holistic" approach to regulating large e-commerce platforms like Shein, and Norway is mulling a crackdown on Temu, including a possible ban, over the sale of toxic toys.
A recent investigation by Toy Industries Europe into unbranded toys sold online found that 80% of toys examined by the group failed to meet EU safety standards, including products purchased from Amazon, Wish and AliExpress.
So European companies are forced to comply with this, but Chinese companies get a free pass to ignore... Wonderful.
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The sweeping new toy safety rules will also mean that all toys sold in the EU will be slapped with a 'digital product passport' in the form of a QR code displaying its compliance with EU safety laws.
Children’s squeaky plastic toys, trucks, blocks and dolls contain chemicals which are harmful to health, such as PFAS, also known as ‘forever chemicals’, as well as other hazardous substances like bisphenols.
[...]
Recently, the Commission said they would take a "holistic" approach to regulating large e-commerce platforms like Shein, and Norway is mulling a crackdown on Temu, including a possible ban, over the sale of toxic toys.
A recent investigation by Toy Industries Europe into unbranded toys sold online found that 80% of toys examined by the group failed to meet EU safety standards, including products purchased from Amazon, Wish and AliExpress.
A large number of substance is already banned from being used in toys. However the Chinese simply don't care. The chance of the product being analyzed at import is so miniscule, it's just a risk they're willing to take.
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The sweeping new toy safety rules will also mean that all toys sold in the EU will be slapped with a 'digital product passport' in the form of a QR code displaying its compliance with EU safety laws.
Children’s squeaky plastic toys, trucks, blocks and dolls contain chemicals which are harmful to health, such as PFAS, also known as ‘forever chemicals’, as well as other hazardous substances like bisphenols.
[...]
Recently, the Commission said they would take a "holistic" approach to regulating large e-commerce platforms like Shein, and Norway is mulling a crackdown on Temu, including a possible ban, over the sale of toxic toys.
A recent investigation by Toy Industries Europe into unbranded toys sold online found that 80% of toys examined by the group failed to meet EU safety standards, including products purchased from Amazon, Wish and AliExpress.
the thing that bothers me is that they had to be banned by a multinational regulation institute, and weren't just dropped by companies themselves using this rarity called common fucking sense and decency.
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the thing that bothers me is that they had to be banned by a multinational regulation institute, and weren't just dropped by companies themselves using this rarity called common fucking sense and decency.
Well, if Mr. F. Sense would buy some shares we would consider his wishes
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The sweeping new toy safety rules will also mean that all toys sold in the EU will be slapped with a 'digital product passport' in the form of a QR code displaying its compliance with EU safety laws.
Children’s squeaky plastic toys, trucks, blocks and dolls contain chemicals which are harmful to health, such as PFAS, also known as ‘forever chemicals’, as well as other hazardous substances like bisphenols.
[...]
Recently, the Commission said they would take a "holistic" approach to regulating large e-commerce platforms like Shein, and Norway is mulling a crackdown on Temu, including a possible ban, over the sale of toxic toys.
A recent investigation by Toy Industries Europe into unbranded toys sold online found that 80% of toys examined by the group failed to meet EU safety standards, including products purchased from Amazon, Wish and AliExpress.
Can’t even give little Timmy childhood lead poisoning anymore because of woke smh
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The sweeping new toy safety rules will also mean that all toys sold in the EU will be slapped with a 'digital product passport' in the form of a QR code displaying its compliance with EU safety laws.
Children’s squeaky plastic toys, trucks, blocks and dolls contain chemicals which are harmful to health, such as PFAS, also known as ‘forever chemicals’, as well as other hazardous substances like bisphenols.
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Recently, the Commission said they would take a "holistic" approach to regulating large e-commerce platforms like Shein, and Norway is mulling a crackdown on Temu, including a possible ban, over the sale of toxic toys.
A recent investigation by Toy Industries Europe into unbranded toys sold online found that 80% of toys examined by the group failed to meet EU safety standards, including products purchased from Amazon, Wish and AliExpress.
Big fucking surprise. Never trust Chinese trash, even if you do obsess over filling your home with shit that never works, never impose that shit on someone else. Neglectful idiot consumers harm the environment and society, and now children.
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Well, if Mr. F. Sense would buy some shares we would consider his wishes
Mr Fuck Sense buys all the shares and products
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I thought we already did that..?
Yeah, but we suck at enforcing it
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So European companies are forced to comply with this, but Chinese companies get a free pass to ignore... Wonderful.
The legislation targets everything sold in the eu, no matter where the seller is from
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So European companies are forced to comply with this, but Chinese companies get a free pass to ignore... Wonderful.
This is also one of the reasons Chinese crap is so cheap. EU products have to pass multiple safety checks before they can be sold, which can cost 5 digits or more that has to be added to the price.
Chinese can just use the cheapest lead paint and asbestos they can get. -
the thing that bothers me is that they had to be banned by a multinational regulation institute, and weren't just dropped by companies themselves using this rarity called common fucking sense and decency.
Who cares about sick children, our shareholders want their money
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The legislation targets everything sold in the eu, no matter where the seller is from
The article mentions aliexpress and wish. Those things are not sold in the EU. They are sold in China. The customer imports them directly from China. The customer is circumventing the regulations and should be aware of that.
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the thing that bothers me is that they had to be banned by a multinational regulation institute, and weren't just dropped by companies themselves using this rarity called common fucking sense and decency.
As someone else already wrote, Chinese companies simply don't care.
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This is also one of the reasons Chinese crap is so cheap. EU products have to pass multiple safety checks before they can be sold, which can cost 5 digits or more that has to be added to the price.
Chinese can just use the cheapest lead paint and asbestos they can get.Yeah, that's what I was getting at. Maybe I needed a /s
China gets to skirt regulations and enjoy access to the European market and European companies have to bear the burden of the regulations. I like this regulation too; it's a genuinely good idea to keep kids healthy.
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The article mentions aliexpress and wish. Those things are not sold in the EU. They are sold in China. The customer imports them directly from China. The customer is circumventing the regulations and should be aware of that.
And amazon and eBay and any other new market place that springs up.
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The article mentions aliexpress and wish. Those things are not sold in the EU. They are sold in China. The customer imports them directly from China. The customer is circumventing the regulations and should be aware of that.
You are totally right, I read those words but didn't register their implications. If you ask me they should do something about importing dangerous goods as well. If something like a highly addictive drug that is produced in China gets popular here we are totally fucked as well, so better do something now when the only danger is baby and young children investing toxic chemicals.
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You are totally right, I read those words but didn't register their implications. If you ask me they should do something about importing dangerous goods as well. If something like a highly addictive drug that is produced in China gets popular here we are totally fucked as well, so better do something now when the only danger is baby and young children investing toxic chemicals.
Well, in a perfect world, it shouldn’t matter where in the world you are. Dangerous materials should be prohibited everywhere. Fair trade should be mandatory. But sadly, we are not there yet.
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As someone else already wrote, Chinese companies simply don't care.
No companies care unless the end effects can be traced back to them and it blows up in a massive Public Relations nightmare than seriously damages their brand: just look at what happens under the US' regulatory environment which doesn't follow the Precautionary Principle.
Shit that directly and quickly kills or visibly hursts people: sure they care because it quickly spreads that their products are dangerous.
Shit the caused problems years later which are pretty much impossible to trace back to a specific product: they couldn't give a rats arse.
Sociopathy in company management is far from a Chinese-specific thing.
Not being able to rely on companies caring unless it directly damages their bottom line is why Strong Regulations are needed and Neoliberalism (with it's Deregulation mantra) has resulted on enshittification of just about everything.
