May affect health
Chemical value too high – publisher recalls Pixi books
March 21, 2024, 6:08 p.m
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This is what parents of young children don’t want to read: a batch of popular books exceeds the limit of the chemical bisphenol A. It could harm human health. To what extent is open. The publisher still reacts and recalls some Pixi books.
The Hamburg-based Carlsen publishing house is recalling a production batch of Pixi books because a limit value for a chemical has been exceeded. In a test, two titles in the “Baby Pixi Unkaputtbar” series from the 1st print edition (2023) had an excessive value of Bisphenol A The Hamburg children’s book publisher announced on its website.
According to the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, the chemical is used to produce the plastic polycarbonate and epoxy resins. The substance has low acute toxicity. However, in animal experiments it has been associated with a number of harmful health effects when consumed over the long term. The question of whether and to what extent bisphenol A affects human health has not yet been conclusively clarified. Since 2020, the use of the substance to produce so-called thermal papers, for example for receipts, parking tickets and parcel stickers, has been banned. Polycarbonate baby bottles must also not contain bisphenol A.
The limit value for bisphenol A is for the two titles Baby Pixi Unkaputtbar, Volume 137, “I like…” (ISBN 978-3-551-06.256-7, 1st edition) and Baby Pixi Unkaputtbar, Volume 131, “Howl Eule” (ISBN 978-3-551-06.248-2, 1st edition) has been exceeded, the publisher further announced. A report came to the conclusion that a relevant toxicological risk from using the books could be ruled out.
Publisher regularly tests materials
For safety reasons, the other 13 titles in the production batch are also being taken out of circulation as a precaution. This affects: “Who owns the long trunk” (Volume 78), “Blue whale blue and other great colors” (93), “With the animals through the year” (92), “My first animal book” (64), “The “little bear is angry” (109), “Rhymes for very little ones” (71), “I’m going to the potty now” (82), “Our day” (117), “Come with me to the farm” (61), ” Little Star” (125), “Muthörnchen” (132), “Rhymes for very little ones: Goodnight!” (99) and “Winter Imp Forest” (127). Customers should provide the ISBN of the books Compare with the information on the publisher’s websitebefore complaining about the purchase using an online form.
The publisher regularly tests its materials to rule out any danger, especially to children, it said. Carlsen promotes his “Unkaputtbar” books like this: “These new Pixis won’t break! They are ultra-light and fit easily into any bag. They can swim in the bathtub without getting soggy and can be bent, crushed and bitten an infinite number of times, because they are waterproof, tested for harmful substances and tear-resistant.”