Thursday, May 19, 2011

was found in a large group of children jewelry containing toxic metal cadmium.

Often give children wear jewelry parents noticed, us research report, was found in a large group of children jewelry containing toxic metal cadmium. The U.S. health and human services under the environment and health outlook magazine report, cadmium is a than lead more harmful heavy metals, children's bite bite contain cadmium act the role of article may cause poisoning, affect children's kidney and brain development. The magazine warned that cadmium poisoning has become a global problem.
Children obtained by the open gift is not only toy adorn article, in those lovely gift lurking in the may cause brain damage of heavy metals. In 2008, the United States congress prohibited children's toys containing lead, often found in the cadmium in batteries but began to enter into the children's jewelry.
Report says, many children are in love with some jewelry mouth, virtually increased risk of heavy metal poisoning.
According to the consumer product safety commission (CPSC) regulation, the content of soluble cadmium children jewelry for 18 micrograms, but in detecting and ornaments, there are 8 pieces of more than 18 micrograms, there is a 2109 micrograms cadmium, containing even beyond 100 times, and damaged accessories including cadmium quantity and into the original 30 times.
Experts say the jewelry, including cadmium in recycling or wear process, cadmium can into the environment and human, in nature and human body water, soil, especially in ecological system, so that disrupt accumulated, and become a human health disorders, who will ultimately direct threat of safety and survive.
Chronic cadmium poisoning can cause human body kidney damage, even breast cancer change. Acute poisoning can cause respiratory failure and death.
The United States congress in January 13, 2010 the new bill, the bill proposed ban on children under 12 years old and jewelry contains cadmium, barium, antimony, and already in operation, including California, a number of states have legislation supervision including cadmium substances.
Health Canada also are evaluating need formulate relevant standards. Now has asked enterprise volunteered to stop the production, import and sale of cadmium children adorn article, and see whether the use of cadmium will continue to increase.

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