Almost half of kid’s shoes have excess plasticizers：study——TAIPEI TIMES

Following a recent round of footwear inspections, the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection yesterday said 48 percent of children’s footwear on the market contains excess amounts of phthalate plasticizers.
Phthalate plasticizers are chemical substances used to soften rubber or other materials, making them more flexible and fluid. It is also a known endocrine disrupting chemical (EDC), which can cause males to develop more feminine traits and increases the risk of females developing breast cancer.
Chinese National Standards (CNS) regulations say that total levels of EDC should not exceed 0.1 percent in plastic shoes.
According to bureau deputy director-general Huang Lai-ho, EDCs may easily be absorbed into the human body if the children do not wear socks, or if ECDs come into contact with human skin to which frost-bite cream has been applied.
All models examined by the bureau found to contain excessive levels of EDCs have been ordered off the shelves immediately, according to bureau officials.
The bureau also said it found that 1,326 items out of the 92,266 items examined did not meet labeling standards in accordance with the Commodity Labeling Act.

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