Abstract:

According to the requirements of EN71-3 and REACH regulation (EC 1907/2006)，ten types of plastic toys were sampled, and the chemicals within them were tested. Phthalates was detected as the chemicals with the highest detection rate, and the short-chain chlorinated paraffins and p-tetrocylphenol ethoxylate were also detected. A focused chemical candidate list was established for plastic toys at first, and then a primary election was conducted for the management lists by an exclusion method. Afterward, a recheck was performed by the ranking method of the sum of harmfulness and exposure weights. Finally, the top 6 chemicals including short-chain chlorinated paraffins, butyl benzyl phthalate, p-aminoazobenzene, lead and its compounds, cadmium and its compounds, and diisobutyl phthalate were filtered as the focused chemicals for plastic toys. A risk assessment on human health and ecological environment was suggested to carry out for these focused chemicals.

Key words: plastic toy, focused chemicals, sampling test, filtering