Children's jewelry has a high lead content

Japan has just discovered, most of the children are cheap metal jewelry imported from China, Korea and Taiwan containing very high lead content.

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The above items are very dangerous to health if children swallow or suck these things constantly. Recently, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (Japan) has issued this recommendation. According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (Japan), when exposed to acid similar to gastrointestinal gastric juice, some jewelry for children can escape a lead of 56 times the permitted concentration according to safety standards. of America.

In February 2005, the US established safety standards for metal jewelry for children.

Lead is a toxic metal that can damage the brain, especially in young children.

In the United States there are cases of retarded children and other problems after randomly swallowing metal jewelry.

The Tokyo government examined 76 products of children's jewelry including rings, necklaces, brooches, earrings and mobile phone straps. These items are mostly imported from China, Korea and Taiwan.

Lead is a chemical element in the chemical periodic table abbreviated Pb (Latin: Plumbum) and has an atomic number of 82. Lead is a soft, heavy, toxic and shaped metal.

The lead is bluish white when newly cut but starts to tarnish into greyish air exposed to the air.Lead is used in construction, lead batteries, bullets and is part of many alloys .

As a result, 46 products, or about 60% of products tested, contained more lead than the US 0.06% safe limit. Of the 32 products, the lead content is 50% higher, more than 800 times the permissible level of the US.

A brooch set off 9,900 micrograms of lead, 56 times the maximum allowed by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Under this situation, the Tokyo government urged the state to set rules for jewelry while warning consumers.

Previously, Japan only issued safety regulations on lead content in food and tableware, no safety regulations on lead content in jewelry.

Minh Thuong (The Asahi Shimbun)