children silver jewelry lead, antimony exceeded

 Many parents like to give the baby to wear silver bracelets, silver toe rings and silver locks and other accessories, but do not know these silver jewelry supplier may contain excessive toxic heavy metals. Gemmological Association of Gem City Product Quality Supervision and Inspection standing routine testing found that about 30 % of the children silver jewelry of lead, antimony and other heavy metals .

 

Relevant medical studies have shown that long-term wear lead, antimony and other heavy metals silver jewelry , toxic metals into the body through the skin , accumulated to a certain amount, the body can cause fatigue, headaches , sleep disorders and other issues, the situation will be serious damage to the child nervous system, causing blood disorders , developmental delay , mental retardation and so on.

 

Hot hidden beneath Tibet

 

Reporter visited the city silver jewelry manufacturer market, found that children's jewelry is very hot. In a mall jewelry counter in many of them the children's jewelry , silver content are 925 ( silver content of 92.5% ) , 990 ( silver content 99% ) two kinds . Sales staff reporter asked whether these silver jewelry li containing other metals. "In order to improve the hardness and brightness of silver , will additionally some other metals , specifically what metal , we do not know , ask the manufacturer . Rest assured , there must be quality assured ." Reporter questioned whether the long-term wear for children physical impact , sales staff , said: " silver is beneficial metals, sterilization can naturally only be good , it is best to wear long past, wealthy family silver chopsticks are used , because the silver can be measured whether the toxic food inside . "

 

Reporters found that in the city mall selling children's jewelry , many did not hang tested and labels.

 

Look for label inspection

 

Why silver lining children contain lead, antimony and other toxic heavy metals ? City Gemmological Association Secretary-General Wang Fenglan introduced silver ore is often associated with other toxic metals symbiosis, if purification process meet the requirements, it may lead to harmful metals mixed . In addition, some small workshops and informal manufacturers reclaim some relatively cheap silver, silver material in these often contain lead, antimony and other harmful metals . Coupled with the production process is simply a silver content standards , without considering whether the excessive heavy metal elements , so put the metalworking containing harmful elements into children's jewelry . Some manufacturers to make silver look more bright, violations in raw materials by adding lead, antimony and other harmful metals.

 

Children of harmful metals silver is exceeded , the consumer simply can not distinguish with the naked eye . Children on the face of the city's market silver species complex, good and bad situation, Wang Fenglan advises consumers have tested and tagged buy silver jewelry factory , silver jewelry has been purchased for the best tested and then wear.