{"id":39667,"date":"2009-05-28T23:27:21","date_gmt":"2009-05-29T06:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=39667"},"modified":"2009-05-28T23:27:21","modified_gmt":"2009-05-29T06:27:21","slug":"china-made-kids-products-unsafe-state-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/05\/china-made-kids-products-unsafe-state-media\/","title":{"rendered":"China-Made Kid&#8217;s Products Unsafe: State Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the <a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/World\/China-made-kids-products-unsafe-State-media\/articleshow\/4588207.cms\"><strong>Times of India<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>BEIJING: Nearly half of the clothing and a third of the furniture made for children in China&#8217;s top manufacturing province is unsafe, with many products containing harmful chemicals, state media said on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The discovery was made in an official investigation by authorities in the southern province of Guangdong, the centre of China&#8217;s manufactured export industry, the China Daily reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It said just 53.5 percent of garments surveyed met safety standards, with many containing excess amounts of formaldehyde&#8230;\u00a0As for children&#8217;s furniture, 67.7 percent of it was deemed safe, with some of the questionable products containing too much formaldehyde or health-endangering heavy metals including lead, cadmium and chromium.\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The original report in the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinadaily.com.cn\/china\/2009-05\/28\/content_7950834.htm\">China Daily<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The administration tested 60 children&#8217;s garments made by 43 companies and found just 31 items met safety standards.<\/p>\n<p>Lin Ruixi, administration press officer, said problems with the garments included false information about raw materials, poor color fastness and excessive content of the chemical formaldehyde&#8230;\u00a0Parents said they were concerned by the results of the tests and called on the government to make more regular quality inspections.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s unbelievable that half of my daughter&#8217;s clothes are potentially unsafe,&#8221; Lu Junhua, father of a six-year old girl in Guangzhou, said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/chinadailyproductsafety.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39670\" title=\"chinadailyproductsafety\" src=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/chinadailyproductsafety.jpg\" alt=\"chinadailyproductsafety\" width=\"380\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/chinadailyproductsafety.jpg 380w, https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/chinadailyproductsafety-150x300.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" 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