Canada fires warning shot DEHP in medical devices
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Use of the PVC softener DEHP in medical devices, which has been under increasing public scrutiny for the last two years, was last week the subject of a warning call from a Health Canada expert group. An advisory panel attached to Health Canada said in a report released on the website on January 24 that the risk to newborns, infants, toddlers and children from use of the plasticiser made "alternate measures immediately justifiable".