Nsuku zonke, ingane yakho idlala ngamathoyizi, ingane yakho idla ebhodleleni, ingane yakho iphuza endebeni ye-sippy futhi idla epuletini lepulasitiki…kodwa wake wacabanga, iphephe kangakanani le mikhiqizo enganeni yami?
Ngobuchwepheshe obusha ekwenziweni kwemikhiqizo yezingane neyezingane, kuye kwethulwa ingozi entsha ngezinto eziyingozi ezenziwe umuntu ezingadala izifo ezimbi kakhulu nezinkinga zempilo kamuva ekuphileni.
Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, siye sabona ukukhunjulwa kwemikhiqizo ebinomthofu, i-BPA, i-cadmium namanye amakhemikhali anobuthi abe usongo olukhulu empilweni yesizukulwane sethu esilandelayo, kodwa ithini imithetho yokulawula ukukhiqizwa kwemikhiqizo yezingane neyezingane indlela ephephile?
E-Canada, eYurophu nase-USA, imithetho eqinile ekhawulela ukusetshenziswa kwamakhemikhali angaba yingozi aziwa ngokuthi ama-phthalates kumathoyizi nakweminye imikhiqizo yezingane ibekiwe. Kusukela ngo-1998, ama-phthalates akhishwe ngokuzithandela ngabakhiqizi abavela kuma-vinyl pacifiers athambile, ama-teethers, ama-rattles, izingono zamabhodlela ezingane kanye neminye imikhiqizo ehloselwe ukufakwa emlonyeni yizingane nezinsana ngomzamo wokwenza imikhiqizo iphephe ezinganeni. Abakhiqizi basengasebenzisa ama-phthalates kweminye imikhiqizo yabathengi njengezimonyo, imikhiqizo yokuhlanza, amakhethini eshawa nezimoto.
I-Australia futhi isanda kuvimbela imikhiqizo embalwa engaphephile ngaphansi kwemithetho yayo emisha Yabathengi eyaqala ukusebenza ngoJanuwari 2011, isungula Uhlelo Lukazwelonke Lokuphepha Komkhiqizo Wabathengi, ebeka imithetho nezindinganiso zokuvikela umphakathi emikhiqizweni engaphephile kanye nokusetshenziswa kwezinto ezinobuthi lapho.
Ngeshwa, eNingizimu Afrika, sinamazinga aphezulu aphathelene nokuphepha kwamathoyizi kanye namathoyizi ezingane futhi nakuba kuneziqondiso eziyisisekelo ezibekwe yi-SABS, lezi aziphoqelelwa futhi imikhiqizo eminingi engaphephile ifinyelela kubathengi abangawazi amandla. izingozi ezidala ukusetshenziswa kwale mikhiqizo.
Imikhiqizo okungenzeka iqukethe izinto ezinobuthi ihlanganisa ipulasitiki namathoyizi enziwe ngokhuni, izindawo zokuzivocavoca zasehlathini, upende, amabhibhu epulasitiki, inhlama yokudlala, okokusebenza kwenkundla yokudlala, amabhodlela ezingane nezinkomishi ze-sippy neminye imikhiqizo esetshenziswa izingane.
Nakuba uNgqongqoshe Wezempilo waseNingizimu Afrika ebeke umyalelo ekupheleni kuka-2010 ecela ukuthi abathengisi bahambisane ne-BPA futhi bafake ingcindezi kubahlinzeki babo ukuba bahambisane ne-BPA, imithetho yezokuphepha isazosetshenziswa futhi kusezandleni zabo. abazali ukuqinisekisa ukuphepha kwezingane zabo.
Kunconywa kakhulu ukuthi abazali bafunde ukufunda imiyalelo yamathoyizi ngokucophelela, bathenge izinhlobo ongayethemba futhi ubheke izimpawu ezingenayo i-BPA.
Ibhalwe ngu-Ally Cohen, umnikazi we-4akid - Ukubeka Ukuphepha Kwezingane Kuqala kanye Nomeluleki Wezokuphepha Wezingane we-Parent24.com
