National Repository of Grey Literature 1 records found  Search took 0.01 seconds. 
Toy or Toxic Waste?: Our study is a continuation of the investigations of IPEN and Arnika that found octaBDE, decaBDE and HBCD in Rubik's cubes, children's toys and hair accessories, i.e., products that were not treated with these substances but made of recycled plastic.
Petrlík, Jindřich ; Straková, Jitka
Our study is a continuation of the investigations of IPEN and Arnika that found octaBDE, decaBDE and HBCD in Rubik's cubes, children's toys and hair accessories, i.e., products that were not treated with these substances but made of recycled plastic. The previous study indicates that banned brominated flame retardants commonly found in hazardous electronic and building waste are recycled into new products where they were not present historically. We conducted additional sampling to further examine whether toxic substances are being recycled into children’s toys on the Czech market.
Fulltext: Download fulltextPDF

Interested in being notified about new results for this query?
Subscribe to the RSS feed.