Deadly poison found in Chinese children jewellery
After a major recall of Chinese toys by US giant Mattel, Britain's biggest toy store, Hamleys, has withdrawn from sale children's jewellery imported from China.
By PTI |
LONDON: After a major recall of Chinese toys by US giant Mattel, Britain's biggest toy store, Hamleys, has withdrawn from sale children's jewellery imported from China that contained levels of lead that can potentially cause brain damage and even kill.
Paul Currie, trading director at Hamleys, has announced an immediate investigation and the withdrawal from sale of the two products that tested positive for lead.
"High levels of lead in children's jewellery are totally unacceptable because this is a product that comes into contact with children," he was quoted as saying.
Of 24 items of children's jewellery bought in London and Birmingham, eight tested positive for high levels of lead, The Sunday Times claimed today.
Six items had one or more components with more than 80 per cent lead, compared with a recommended international safety limit of 0.06 per cent.
Among the items that had high levels of the metal were two from Hamleys in Regent Street, central London, containing more than 93 per cent lead, and two from Monsoon, a high street fashion chain.
Chinese manufacturers are suspected of recycling lead from discarded computers for use in children's jewellery, the daily said.
Millions of children's fashion trinkets containing high levels of the metal have already been recalled worldwide. Chewing or swallowing jewellery with high levels of lead can cause neurological damage in children or in rare cases kill.
Paul Currie, trading director at Hamleys, has announced an immediate investigation and the withdrawal from sale of the two products that tested positive for lead.
"High levels of lead in children's jewellery are totally unacceptable because this is a product that comes into contact with children," he was quoted as saying.
Of 24 items of children's jewellery bought in London and Birmingham, eight tested positive for high levels of lead, The Sunday Times claimed today.
Six items had one or more components with more than 80 per cent lead, compared with a recommended international safety limit of 0.06 per cent.
Among the items that had high levels of the metal were two from Hamleys in Regent Street, central London, containing more than 93 per cent lead, and two from Monsoon, a high street fashion chain.
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Chinese manufacturers are suspected of recycling lead from discarded computers for use in children's jewellery, the daily said.
Millions of children's fashion trinkets containing high levels of the metal have already been recalled worldwide. Chewing or swallowing jewellery with high levels of lead can cause neurological damage in children or in rare cases kill.
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