One has, however, to secure good routines for import control, so imported products get the same declarations as Danish produced goods. There are used a lot more environmental- and health suspicious heavy metals in plastics, than what is said in the proposal. This is the case, both for additives for PVC and other plastics. In addition, heavy metals are used in plastics for other purposes. It will be too much to cover that item in this letter.
ABS can contain uranium, depending on the producer.
Bellona anticipate that this was not known to Telia when substitution was launched. This illustrates the need for as much knowledge for the alternatives as we have for PVC today. However, an offensive and realistic environmental policy for both Denmark and the EU will be a general ban on all suspicious heavy metals in all plastics, otherwise it will not have a positive environmental effect. We have just one reference for such use. Bisphenol A is the main component in this chapter, which is the most potent oestrogen imitator.