article_snippet.sent: Buy Australian made products: products are subject to rigorous regulations and Australian manufactures are not permitted to use harmful chemicals.
article_snippet.sent: To use a safer alternative would cost more money and sometimes it's just easier for company's not to bother doing research - why would they?
article_snippet.sent: In Australia they don't have to prove that the chemicals they are using are not harmful. '
article_snippet.sent: BPA is a good example because people got wind that it was affecting children's behaviour and had an increased risk of breast cancer - so the manufacturer changed the manufacturer and replaced the manufacturer with bisphenol-S which has shown to be worse.
article_snippet.sent: and so they get cheap products in, but they neglect safety standards.
article_snippet.sent: It's possible because regulators don't ask for a certificate of analysis to prove there are no banned industrial chemicals  in the product and just assume that what the manufacturer overseas says is accurate.'
article_snippet.sent: A spokesman for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) told Daily Mail Australia that while 'there is always a possibility that some products on the market might not meet accepted standards of safety' the 'chance is very small'. '
article_snippet.sent: there is always a possibility that some products on the market might not meet accepted standards of safety' assured that the ACCC had an active chemical inspection program and that the products supplied to discount variety stores are 'often included in analytical surveys and surveillance activities conducted by the ACCC and other product safety regulators.
article_snippet.sent: However the ACCC had an active chemical inspection program and that the products supplied to discount variety stores are 'often included in analytical surveys and surveillance activities conducted by the ACCC' and other product safety regulators also put great emphasis on Australian Consumer Laws which require suppliers to 'ensure the ACCC had an active chemical inspection program and that the products supplied to discount variety stores are 'often included in analytical surveys and surveillance activities conducted by the ACCC' and other product safety regulators products are safe and suitable for the ACCC had an active chemical inspection program and that the products supplied to discount variety stores are 'often included in analytical surveys and surveillance activities conducted by the ACCC' and other product safety regulators intended purpose', saying: 'most suppliers have systems in place to source safe products.'
article_snippet.sent: The system is based on just doing spot checks here and there, but The system doesn't happen with every product,' Ms Bijlsma said. '
article_snippet.sent: The system needs to change and the burden of proof needs to be on the manufacturer to prove the manufacturer is safe before the manufacturer's released on the market.'
article_snippet.sent: The ACCC stated that products found to be unsafe are removed from the market or recalled by suppliers and that any company that fails to comply with standards faces a fine of up to $1.1 million.
article_snippet.sent: But part of the problem lies in the average Australian's trust that anything being sold to anything on a supermarket shelf is tested, according to Ms Bijlsma. '
article_snippet.sent: In reality, even 80 - 90 per cent of all the chemicals in household products like cleaning products and personal care products, have never been tested for harmful chemicals,' she said.