One pair of shoes contained more than 400 times the permitted levels of chemicals that have been linked to heart disease and some cancers.
A Shein logo is pictured at the company's office in the central business district of Singapore, on Oct 18, 2022. SEOUL: Children's products sold by the Chinese-founded online shopping giant Shein contained toxic substances in amounts hundreds of times above acceptable levels, the government of South Korea's capital Seoul said on Tuesday .
In the latest round, they selected eight products sold by Shein, including children's shoes, leather bags and a belt and found several to contain high amounts of phthalates - chemicals used to soften plastics. So far, Seoul authorities said they have inspected 93 products and found that almost half of them contained toxic substances. These items include children's watches and colouring pencils."Our suppliers are required to comply with the controls and standards we have put in place, and we work closely with international third-party testing agencies … to regularly carry out testing to ensure suppliers' compliance to our product safety standards", said a Shein spokesperson.
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