Survey of Chemical Substances in Consumer Products, No. 60 – Migration and health assessment of chemical substances in surface treated wooden toys

Migration and health assessment of chemical substances in surface treated wooden toys

Preface

This report on migration and health assessment of chemical substances in surface treated toys made of wood is a project under the programme "Survey of chemical substances in consumer products" performed by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency.

The purpose of the project was the continuation of a previous survey project on natural toys ("Report of natural toys made of plant fibres, woollen fibres and solid wood. Ferdinand et al. 2003) which included the consumption of among other wooden toys. The study also showed that wooden toys might be surface treated with health problematic substances. Therefore the purpose of this project specifically is to survey which chemical substances that migrates from the surface and to which the consumer might be exposed.

The project is performed by the Danish Technological Institute, Chemistry and Water technology.

Performing persons are:

Eva Pedersen	Responsible for the project and chemical analyses of organic chemical substances
Steen Færgemann Hansen	Chemical analyses of heavy metals
Ole Christian Hansen	Health assessment and reporting

The project was supervised by a steering committee including:

Lise Emmy Møller, Danish Environmental Protection Agency

Eva Pedersen, Danish Technological Institute

Ole Christian Hansen, Danish Technological Institute