Environment committee  I'll speak to that. First of all, those phthalates were not banned in all toys. They were banned prior to the completion of risk assessments. The ban is in toys that can be placed in the mouth, and it's for a five-centimetre-square piece of article. There's also another part of

Environment committee  Yes.

Environment committee  Mr. McGuinty, I could give you a brief U.S. perspective. As I said, I've worked with the phthalates panel for 17 years. In the early nineties we were working with Health Canada and getting very comprehensive reviews of the phthalates with Health Canada and Environment Canada. N

Environment committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair and honourable members. Thank you for the opportunity to testify before this committee. My name is Marian Stanley. I'm a chemist by training. I'm a senior director at the American Chemistry Council and I've managed the Phthalate Esters Panel, which is a