8 December 1999: GREENPEACE APPLAUDS MATTEL’S DECISION TO REPLACE PVC WITH PLANT-BASED PLASTICS IN TOYS
1 December 1999: EU GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO PVC TOY BAN
23 November 1999: FAILURE TO ADOPT EMERGENCY BAN ON SOFT PVC TOYS PREVENTS CHILDREN'S HEALTH PROTECTION - TOXIC SOFT PVC TOYS REMAIN IN SHOPS FOR CHRISTMAS
10 November 1999: EU COMMISSION SAYS SOFT PVC TOYS POSE SERIOUS AND IMMEDIATE RISK AND PROPOSES BAN - BUT FULL HEALTH PROTECTION NOT YET ESTABLISHED, WARNS GREENPEACE
26 October 1999: EU COMMISSION MOVES ON SOFT PVC TOYS BAN – SERIOUS HEALTH RISKS FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGED BUT PROPOSED MEASURES INSUFFICIENT, WARNS GREENPEACE
20 October 1999: PATIENTS EXPOSED TO TOXIC CHEMICALS FROM PVC MEDICAL PRODUCTS
23 July 1999: GERMAN HEALTH MINISTER ANNOUNCES BAN ON PVC TOYS
29 March 1999: JAPAN FREES GREENPEACE VOLUNTEERS
24 March 1999: GREENPEACE STAGES WORLDWIDE PROTESTS OVER PRISON DETENTION OF ACTIVISTS IN JAPAN
20 March 1999: GREENPEACE VOLUNTEERS' DETENTION CONTINUES IN TOKYO FOR THE THIRD DAY
18 March 1999: GREENPEACE GRADES INDUSTRY EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE RISKY PVC TOYS
8 December 1998: GREENPEACE SANTAS DELIVER HAZARDOUS CHRISTMAS PRESENTS TO COMMISSIONER BONINO
30 November 1998: HAZARDS OF SOFT PVC TOYS RECONFIRMED BY EU SCIENTISTS: 'THE ONLY SENSIBLE MEASURE IS AN EMERGENCY BAN NOW!' SAYS GREENPEACE
23 November 1998: LEADING TOY MANUFACTURER ARTSANA ABANDONS THE USE OF PVC FOR INFANTS PRODUCTS
18 November 1998: TOYS R US REACTS TO GREENPEACE DEMANDS BUT MOST SOFT PVC TOYS ARE STILL ON SALE
25 September 1998: PVC TOYS: MATTEL ANNOUNCES ADDITIVES PHASE-OUT TO DEFLECT EMERGENCY BAN
22 September 1998: GREENPEACE WARNS: RESULTS OF NEW DUTCH STUDY FAIL TO ESTABLISH TEST FOR TOXICS IN SOFT PVC TOYS: BAN URGENTLY REQUIRED
14 September 1998: SWEDEN BECOMES THIRD EU COUNTRY TO BAN PHTHALATES IN PVC TOYS
8 July 1998: GREENPEACE WELCOMES AUSTRIAN BAN ON ADDITIVES IN PVC TOYS
1 July 1998: EU BAN ON SOFT PVC TOYS: HEALTH PROTECTION SURRENDERED TO CHEMICAL INDUSTRY AND US PRESSURE, SAY GREENPEACE
1 July 1998: AFTER A 24 HOUR OCCUPATION OF EXXON'S PLANT, GREENPEACE CALLS ON EU TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION AGAINST SOFT PVC TOYS
30 June 1998: GREENPEACE BLOCKS EXXON'S DISTRIBUTION OF HAZARDOUS PVC SOFTENERS
18 June 1998: EVC PLANT NOT ONLY POISONS VENICE: PVC REPRESENTS A POTENTIAL THREAT FOR INFANTS' HEALTH SAYS GREENPEACE
17 June 1998: GREENPEACE PUBLISHES NEW MEMOS REVEALING MATTEL, EXXON AND US GOVERNMENT ATTEMPTS TO UNDERMINE PVC TOYS DEBATE
1 June 1998: TOY INDUSTRY DEBATES FUTURE OF PVC AS EUROPE PREPARES RESTRICTIONS
13 May 1998: SOFT PVC TOYS REMOVED FROM EUROPEAN COMMISSION NURSERIES WHILE COMMISSION STILL STRUGGLES OVER EU-WIDE BAN
6 May 1998: EUROPEAN UNION SCIENTISTS RECONFIRM HAZARDS OF SOFT PVC TOYS WHILE US DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND EU INDUSTRY DIVISION BLOCK BAN
13 February 1998: WHILE PVC INDUSTRY TAKES GREENPEACE TO COURT ON SOFT PVC BABY TOYS, EU SCIENTISTS CONFIRM THEIR HAZARDS
9 February 1998: GREENPEACE ERECTS GIANT BUILDING BLOCKS AT NEW YORK TOY FAIR TO PROTEST VINYL TOYS
30 January 1998: GREENPEACE CALLS ON UK GOVERNMENT TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST TOY MANUFACTURERS
23 December 1997: CHEMICAL INDUSTRY SUES GREENPEACE FOR SLANDER
17 December 1997: TOYS'R'US FAIL TO ACT ON PVC TOYS DESPITE NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS' ACTION AND NEW DOUBTS ON SAFETY
15 December 1997: CHEMICAL INDUSTRY SUES GREENPEACE FOR ITS WORK AGAINST PVC TOYS
12 December 1997: POPULAR HOLIDAY PVC TOYS LEACHING HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL ADDITIVES
11 December 1997: CONSUMERS, PARENTS AND ENVIRONMENTALISTS CALL ON F.A.O. SCHWARZ TO REMOVE TOXIC TOYS FROM SHELVES
2 December 1997: GREENPEACE WELCOMES DANISH CALL FOR EU BAN ON TOYS
27 November 1997: GREENPEACE PULLS HAZARDOUS PVC TOYS
26 November 1997: SANTA TAKES HAZARDOUS VINYL TOYS OFF ‘TOYS R US’ SHELVES
18 November 1997: PVC TOYS: SANTA RETURNS HAZARDOUS PVC TOYS TO INDUSTRY LEADERS.
29 October 1997: PVC TOYS: GREENPEACE REMOVES PVC TOYS FROM TOYS 'R' US DEMANDING A PVC-FREE POLICY WORLDWIDE
29 October 1997: PVC TOYS: TOYS'R'US PVC BABY TOYS REMOVED FROM SHELVES FOLLOWING GREENPEACE ACTION
21 October 1997: PVC TOYS: RETAILERS TAKE ACTION WHILE THE EUROPEAN UNION
14 October 1997: BELGIUM JOINS THE NETHERLANDS AND DENMARK IN PVC TOY WARNING
9 October 1997: GREENPEACE STUDY FINDS DANGEROUS LEAD AND CADMIUM LEVELS IN TOYS
17 September 1997: GREENPEACE REVEALED TODAY HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS FOUND IN PVC BABY TOYS