After the publication of a study by ANSES on the presence of toxic substances in baby diapers, the Association for Children’s Health is suing the State for its inaction.
The Association for Children’s Health (formerly Lactalis Victims Association) announced in a press release having filed a request for interim relief before the Council of State to ask “to act as a precautionary measure and without delay in the case of toxic substances in children’s diapers.”
In January 2019, after monitoring work by the 60 Millions de consommateurs association, theNational Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES) had published a study confirming the concerns of the association: some baby diapers contain levels of chemical substances exceeding health thresholds. “These analyzes revealed the presence of various dangerous chemical substances in disposable nappies which can in particular migrate into the urine and come into prolonged contact with the skin of babies,” said ANSES.
In total, around sixty pesticides had been identified, including glyphosate or even lindane and quintozene, both banned for fifteen years.
Give the name of the brands concerned
After the publication of this report, the Association for Children’s Health launched a petition – which has now collected more than 50,000 signatures – to ask the government to publish “the list of products and brands affected by the presence of chemicals dangerous to health”, “transparency and publication of all samples taken from these products” and “the recall withdrawal of all diapers which present a danger to the health of infants.”
The association regrets today that nothing has been done. “When there is a health risk, immediate measures must be taken and it is the responsibility of the State to inform parents of the brands to avoid. When we know that nearly 7,000 diapers are worn by a child, there has something to worry about,” reacted Quentin Guillemain, president of the association.
“The omerta must now stop!”
The latter is also indignant at the lack of information on the composition of diapers in France and Europe. “How do you want parents to be able to make an informed choice when the composition of diapers is not available anywhere and the State is not transparent about the products it knows are dangerous to health? are there? The omerta must now end!” he explains.
In their appeal, the parents who are members of the association are again requesting the publication of the names of the brands concerned and the withdrawal or recall of the diapers which present a risk to the health of children. Especially because toxic substances can migrate into theurine children, come into prolonged contact with their skin and causing allergies.
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