This is the third blog I’ve written just this year about children’s tainted Jewelry and quite frankly, it’s getting old. Back in January, I told you about a recall concerning some children’s jewelry that contained cadmium. Then just a couple of months later, came word from the Consumer Product Safety Commission of another cadmium-related recall […]
Lead in Chinese Jewelry for Kids
We have an alert to tell you about. An investigation is underway by U.S product safety officials following a disclosure that links a toxic substance to children’s jewelry imported from China. The investigation comes about following an article by the Associated Press which tested and documented how some Chinese Manufacturers replaced cadmium for lead in […]
2009 Research: 1 in 3 Toys Still Contains Lead, Cadmium, Arsenic or Mercury!
The holiday season is upon us and just as parents are hitting the stores searching for toys for their kids, new alarming research is out concerning lead in toys. The findings come from The Ecology Center, a Michigan-based nonprofit organization.Today it released its 3rd Annual Consumer Guide to Toxic Chemicals in Toys. Researchers tested nearly […]