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Pryor was chairing a hearing Wednesday on phthalates and bisphenol-A (BPA), a chemical most closely associated with hard plastic water bottles, that is now getting a look for possible health effects.
"The problem with these two chemicals is that they are basically ubiquitous," Pryor said. "I want to get rid of all the rhetoric and get down to the science."
The Toy Industry of America maintains that there is no evidence that phthalates in toys have caused any harm.
Wal-Mart also told suppliers to make products that are more easily traced and the company is doing more testing.
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