A study from the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation indicates that the chemicals in plastic shoes sold widely in many retailers could harm our health and environment.

People like plastic shoes which are easily washed and have light weight. You just can throw them away when they wear out. The problem is chemicals used in the manufacturing process could harm our health. It also can harm employees engaged in manufacturing the shoes.

Experts in SSNC and co-op groups from the Philippines, India, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania and Indonesia have found that the phthalates will harm reproductive systems in 17 out of 27 plastic shoes analyzed for chemical content.

One substance currently is listed on the EU list of SVHC (Substances of Very High Concern), DEHP. People found it in a pair of flip-flops from South Africa. In the European Union DEHP is classified as a Category 2 reproductive toxicant for fertility and developmental effects, but consumers still think that it will not cause a health risk.

The FDA never stops working on recommendations about health risks from DHEP. But many times we have been told that do not worry too much about it. Now the biggest concern from the use of medical devices that contain DHEP has come. However, FDA shows that the solid evidence about DHEP harms has not been proved.

Many consumers do not know the harmful substances in plastic shoes and the companies are not responsible on controlling producing them. In order to examine the presence of chemicals in common consumer products, Experts suggest that government need to provide more resources authorities", SSNC President Mikael Karlsson says.

In fact the more chemicals have been found in plastic shoes that could potentially harm human health such as PAH (polyaromatic hydrocarbons), tin organic compounds, heavy metals, mercury, lead and cadmium. SSNC is still taking effort to do something to raise consumers' awareness when buying products that could harm our health and environment.


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