Brussels, 29/09/2004 (Agence Europe) - The Council's unanimous political agreement on a permanent ban on phthalates in toys and childcare articles for children of under three years old (see EUROPE of 25 September, p.6) was welcomed on all sides as a decisive step forward for the health of the most vulnerable sections of society. Consumer and environmental organisations, like the Greens/EFA in the European Parliament, felt that this agreement on a decision which could have been taken in 1999...