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"Mr President, I am very pleased that we have this balanced compromise and I am glad that we have rejected the idea of a ban only on products designed to go in children's mouths. Anybody who has spent any time with young children and babies will know that they put anything in their mouths so that false division had to go – as did this idea of children aged under three and over three, which we discussed in our committee. I am very pleased that the common position has been changed and we now have a compromise.
What swung it for me, when I looked at this for the first time in detail, was that there is an alternative. It is possible to use alternative chemicals so it is quite right that we ban these dangerous chemicals.
I have a question for the Commission regarding the compromise talks about a review of the use of phthalates in medical devices. Does the Commission now have a timetable for that review and any idea of the scope? I have been concerned about a recent study from Harvard which shows high concentrations of DEHP in young babies, new-born babies, who have had intravenous drugs, possibly because of the chemicals leaching from the intravenous tubing and the fluid bags.
Finally, I would like to thank Mr Trakatellis. He stood his ground. He would not give in despite a lot of lobbying and I think that we have got a very good compromise."@en1
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