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Toxic chemicals used in cosmetics and household cleaners put children at serious risk and should be banned by the federal government instead of being placed on bureaucratic "hot lists," say environmental and health groups.
Twelve national health and environmental organizations are calling on Health Canada to speed up the process it uses to deal with the toxins under the Chemical Management Plan and promote safer alternative products.
"They are a threat to our children," said Gideon Forman, spokesperson for the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. "These are things that kids might run into in their everyday lives, found in plastics or paint or if they use nail polish. So these things should be banned."
Four chemicals in particular are of concern because they can cause reproductive and developmental damage in humans, said Fe de Leon, of the Canadian Environmental Law Association.
They are found in cosmetics such as perfume, hairspray, skin creams and cleansers, or in common household products such as window cleaners, floor care products, pesticides and carpet cleaners.
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