Give children a safe world - thermoplastic elastomer materials for toys

When your child grinds his teeth with a toy ......

When your child takes a bath with a cute little yellow duck ......

Are you aware that threats are unknowingly invading his world.

In October 2018, "Shenzhen zero waste" in a Duo Duo e-commerce platform to buy a sales of 100,000 + plastic toys small yellow duck, and sent for testing. The test report showed that the plasticizer phthalate content of the product exceeded the national limit value by 150 times.

An environmental organization released a "survey on chemical safety of plastic toys on e-commerce platforms (Ⅱ)" shows that the net red duck has a worrying pass rate, and the phthalate exceeds the limit seriously.

Three major e-commerce platforms (Taobao, Jingdong, Poundland) small yellow duck toy survey samples of phthalate plasticizer total compliance rate of 60%, small yellow duck toy samples of phthalate plasticizer exceeded the standard range of 4.81-409 times.

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What is DOP.

DOP is a common o-phenylene plasticizer, a raw material used in the chemical industry, mainly in the processing of PVC plastic products. Over time, DOP can slowly escape from plastic products and enter the air, soil, water and even food. According to the United States, Sweden, the United Kingdom, South Korea, Japan, Canada and other relevant research results, the daily intake of plasticizers from food for the population can reach 1mg.

DOP hazards.

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1. Increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. Genetic interactions from toxic plasticizer exposure can cause heart, liver and kidney toxicity.

2, harm the digestive system. Although toxic plasticizers do not cause acute toxicity to the human body as heavy metals, but will bring chronic harm to the human digestive system.

3, affect the reproductive system. Most of these substances have estrogenic effects, through the corresponding pathway to induce precocious puberty, will cause the sex characteristics are not obvious, the genitals become shorter, reproductive capacity decreased.

4. Long-term intake of large amounts may cause cancer. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified DEHP (also known as DOP) as a suspected human cancer-promoting agent, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has also classified it as a carcinogenic substance. In addition, toxic plasticizers make women have a higher risk of breast cancer and even endometrial cancer, long-term intake can lead to liver cancer

Toys special thermoplastic elastomer materials.

In response to this situation, Zhejiang Wanma Teco New Material has developed a special thermoplastic elastomer material for toys to replace traditional PVC materials.

This material does not use traditional DOP plasticizer as an additive, and has excellent characteristics of chemical migration resistance, low VOC, low odor, health and environmental protection.

The material has passed the latest EU RoHS/REACH regulation certification, and the content of relevant hazardous substances meets the latest EU requirements.

Polyphenol A and other harmful substances content in line with the U.S. FDA food certification related regulations.