title: Migration limits for children's toys are nothing to play with.
abstract: The European Commission and its independent Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks (SCHER) published their final Opinion on estimates of the amount of toy materials ingested by children. The SCHER was asked to review available data on the ingestion of the following three types of toy material by children, and evaluate whether the ingestion amounts which formed the basis for the migration limits of 19 elements in the Toy Safety Directive are still appropriate or whether they should be changed. In the final Opinion the SCHER considers the ingestion amounts mentioned above to be appropriate, and that these ingestion amounts should remain classified as daily amounts rather than weekly.
authors.affiliation: European Commission, Directorate General for Health and Food Safety, L-2920 Luxembourg, Luxembourg. Electronic address: SANTE-C2-SCHEER@ec.europa.eu.
authors.affiliation: European Commission, Directorate General for Health and Food Safety, L-2920 Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
authors.forename: Renate
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Krätke
authors.affiliation: European Commission, Directorate General for Health and Food Safety, L-2920 Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Beausoleil
authors.affiliation: European Commission, Directorate General for Health and Food Safety, L-2920 Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
authors.forename: Maria José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Carroquino
authors.affiliation: European Commission, Directorate General for Health and Food Safety, L-2920 Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Duarte-Davidson
authors.affiliation: European Commission, Directorate General for Health and Food Safety, L-2920 Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.affiliation: European Commission, Directorate General for Health and Food Safety, L-2920 Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
authors.forename: Greet
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schoeters
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D019055:No-Observed-Adverse-Effect Level; D010988:Play and Playthings; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013391:Sucking Behavior; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: Children; Ingestion; Liquid; Pliable; Risk assessment; Scraped-off toy material; Sticky; Toys