Committee on Toxicity, Ecotoxicity and the

A ruling has been passed by the European Commission s scientific committee on toxicity, ecotoxicity and the environment, (the CSTEE), that the use of acetyl tributyl citrate as a plasticiser in children s toys is safe. It has also ruled that the current risk assessment models are reliable. Brief details are given in this little article. 

Scientific Committee on Toxicity, Ecotoxicity and the Environment (SCTEE). Directorate General for Consumer Policy and Consumer Health Protection, Brussels, 1999. 

At EU level the Scientific Committee on Toxicity, Ecotoxicity and the Environment (CSTEE) has established standard protocols for the extraction of phthalates from plasticized PVC toys. In 1999 the European Commission banned the use of DEHP in PVC toys and other easily mouthed items intended for children under 3 years of age as a precaution against the uncertain impact of phthalates on young children [127]. 

CSTEE (1998) Scientific committee on toxicity, ecotoxicity and the environment opinion on the risk assessment of short chain length chlorinated paraffins. Available at http //ec.europa. eu/health/ph risk/committees/sct/docshtml/sct out23 en.htm... 

Opinion on the Results of the Risk Assessment of Sodium Perbo rate. Scientific Committee on Toxicity, Ecotoxicity, and the Environment (CSTEE), 28 May 2004. 

STEF European Commission s Scientific Committee on Toxicity, Ecotoxicity and the... 

Scientific Committee on Toxicity, Ecotoxicity and the Environment (CSTEE), Opinion on the results of the risk assessment of Piperazine, Human Health Paper, Cas No 110-85-0, EINECS No 203-808-3, Carried out in the framework of Council Regulation (EEC) 793/93 on the evaluation and control of the risks of existing substances, European Commission Health Consumer Protection Directorate-General, Brussels, Cl/GF/csteeop/Piperazine/hh/280504 D(04). 

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