The European Parliament prevented the adoption of regulation by veto which would allow the recycling of PVC plastics containing lead.

Such regulation was proposed by the European Commission for a period of 15 years and the eurolawmakers blocked it on the initiative of the parliamentary Committee on Public Health, the environment and food safety. " Lead is a poison, a neurotoxin that is dangerous for human and animal health at very low concentrations. There is no level that is safe for human health. Plastic products containing lead should be withdrawn completely from use and not reused in use by recycling. We vetoed and expect the Commission to propose a full ban on the import and recycling of PVC with lead, "said a board member and Vice-president of Eurosocalists Biljana Borzan. The European PVC industry is no longer using lead as a stabilizer in Production of PVC, over 90 percent of such products come from imports. There are up to four thousand tonnes of lead in the EU annually, while the recycling circulates up to ten thousand tonnes. " Protecting human health is a priority, everything else, some commercial and other interests, come behind it. I support recycling and maximising resources, but not when they're polluted and toxic. This goes against basic purposes of recycling, environmental protection, because the hazardous materials prolong the lifespan, "the Croatian Europarlamentark believes. The Veto was voted by the votes 394 "for", 241 "against" and 13 "restrain".