{"id":3479,"date":"2017-04-17T03:50:54","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T03:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/recycling-plastics-contaminate-childrens-toys-with-toxic-chemicals\/"},"modified":"2017-04-17T03:50:54","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T03:50:54","slug":"recycling-plastics-contaminate-childrens-toys-with-toxic-chemicals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/recycling-plastics-contaminate-childrens-toys-with-toxic-chemicals\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Recycling plastics contaminate children\u2019s toys with toxic chemicals\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"attachment_268613\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"36\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/children%E2%80%99s-toys.jpg?resize=1280%2C720&#038;ssl=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/plugins\/ventra-lazy-load\/images\/1x1.trans.gif?ssl=1\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/children\u2019s-toys.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/children\u2019s-toys-640x360.jpg 640w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/children\u2019s-toys-1062x598.jpg 1062w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/children\u2019s-toys-320x180.jpg 320w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/children\u2019s-toys-281x158.jpg 281w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/children\u2019s-toys-562x316.jpg 562w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/children\u2019s-toys-531x299.jpg 531w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/children\u2019s-toys-487x274.jpg 487w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/children\u2019s-toys-974x548.jpg 974w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/children\u2019s-toys-600x338.jpg 600w\" class=\"size-full wp-image-268613\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-268613\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/children%E2%80%99s-toys.jpg?resize=1280%2C720&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/children\u2019s-toys.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/children\u2019s-toys-640x360.jpg 640w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/children\u2019s-toys-1062x598.jpg 1062w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/children\u2019s-toys-320x180.jpg 320w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/children\u2019s-toys-281x158.jpg 281w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/children\u2019s-toys-562x316.jpg 562w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/children\u2019s-toys-531x299.jpg 531w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/children\u2019s-toys-487x274.jpg 487w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/children\u2019s-toys-974x548.jpg 974w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/children\u2019s-toys-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Recycling materials that contain persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and other toxic substances contaminates new products, continues human and environmental exposure, and undermines the credibility of recycling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ahead of the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention (SC COP-8) in Geneva, Switzerland, a new global survey has revealed that recycling plastics containing toxic flame retardant chemicals found in electronic waste results in contamination of new children\u2019s toys and related products.<\/p>\n<p>The substances include octabromodiphenyl ether (OctaBDE), decabromodiphenyl ether (DecaBDE), and hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD). This study found all three toxic chemicals in recycled plastic children\u2019s products. These chemicals are known to disrupt human hormone systems, adversely impacting the development of the ner- vous system and children\u2019s intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>In a survey of products from 26 countries including Nigeria, 90 per cent of the samples contained OctaBDE or DecaBDE. Nearly half of them (43per cent) contained HBCD. Recycling materials that contain persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and other toxic substances contaminates new products, continues human and environmental exposure, and undermines the credibility of recycling.<\/p>\n<p>OctaBDE and DecaBDE are widely used in electrical equipment and are primary toxic components of electronic waste (e-waste). HBCD is primarily used in polystyrene building insulation but is also found in electronic equipment. Both HBCD and OctaBDE are listed in the Stockholm Convention for global elimination. DecaBDE is recommended for <a href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/nigeria-property-center\/\">listing<\/a> in the treaty for elimination.<\/p>\n<p>The study was performed by IPEN (a global civil society network), Arnika (an environmental organization in the Czech Republic) and SRADev Nigeria. The toxic chemicals, OctaBDE, DecaBDE, and HBCD, are used in the plastic casings of electronic products and if they are not removed, they are carried into new products when the plastic is recycled.<\/p>\n<p>In Nigeria, SRADev purchased 18 rubik\u2019s cube-like toys and send them for analysis to the Czech Republic. Fourteen samples were chosen for laboratory tests. The analysis found that all fourteen samples contained OctaBDE and DecaBDE at elevated concentrations. One of the samples from the Nigeria tested with the highest concentration of OctaBDE among 111 samples from 26 countries. These chemicals are persistent and known to harm the reproductive system and disrupt hormone systems, adversely impacting intelligence, attention, learning and memory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToxic chemicals in electronic waste should not be present in children\u2019s toys,\u201d said Leslie Adogame, Executive Director of SRADev Nigeria. \u201cThis problem needs to be addressed globally and nationally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecycling materials that contain toxic chemicals contaminates new products, continues exposure, and undermines the credibility of recycling, \u201csaid Joe DiGangi, IPEN. \u201cGovernments should end this harmful loophole.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another critical decision of the Stockholm Convention Conference will be to establish hazardous waste limits. Protective hazardous waste limits would make wastes subject to the treaty\u2019s obligations for destruction \u2013 and not permit their recycling. Surprisingly, some of the toxic chemical levels in children\u2019s products in this study exceeded proposed hazardous waste limits.<\/p>\n<p>Overwhelming majority (13) of tested cubes purchased in Nigeria (14) exceeded the proposed waste limit of 50 ppm for PBDEs\/OctaBDE. The cubes contained 395 ppm OctaBDE on average. One exemplar containing 1174 ppm OctaBDE was far beyond the protective level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need protective hazardous waste limits,\u201d said Jitka Strakova, Arnika. \u201cWeak standards mean toxic products and dirty recycling, which often takes place in low and middle income countries and spreads poisons from recycling sites into our homes and bodies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The application of strict hazardous limits is also critical for brominated flame retardants due to their presence in e-waste. In many countries, the Stockholm Convention standards will be the only global regulatory tool that can be used to prevent import and export of these contaminated wastes, in many cases from countries with stricter legislation to countries with weaker legislation or control.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/property\/recycling-plastics-contaminate-childrens-toys-with-toxic-chemicals\/\"> link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recycling materials that contain persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and other toxic substances contaminates new products, continues &hellip; <a title=\"\u2018Recycling plastics contaminate children\u2019s toys with toxic chemicals\u2019\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/recycling-plastics-contaminate-childrens-toys-with-toxic-chemicals\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018Recycling plastics contaminate children\u2019s toys with toxic chemicals\u2019<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3480,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[15239,1399,12908,543,127,522,41],"class_list":["post-3479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opportunities-in-new-markets","tag-chase","tag-development","tag-home","tag-home-buying-guide","tag-homes","tag-nigeria","tag-property"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/children%E2%80%99s-toys.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}