Toxic jewelery :(

[vintagelover229]

http://www.cbc.ca/marketplace/m/episodes/2015-2016/toxic-jewelry

Not really something people on this forum probably have issues with, but something to consider for people who have kids wearing fashion jewelery/etc. Something to consider sharing with your friends, many of them contain lead (surprise surprise).

 

[vintagelover229]

One piece actually was 100% lead! Its about a 30 min watch, done by marketplace.
Many of them have Cadmium

 

[arkieb1]

I watched the whole thing and while it's terrible it probably isn't surprising, the Chinese were putting lead paint into baby formula that got banned here in Australia. Lead paint in baby formula shouldn't even be in the same sentence. The simple truth is they will make anything cheaply if there is a market for it regardless of the health implications.

The video is a good reason not to buy really cheap jewellery for children.

 

[MollyMalone]

Thank you so much for drawing attention to this!

 

[Arcadian]

Yeah I don't do mystery metals. I of course try hard to steer my nieces away from it but well... they're broke college students so they don't think about that type of stuff.