EcoWaste Coalition finds toxic metals in slippers sold in marts, stores
By Jason Faustino 03/29/2012A toxics watchdog has uncovered high amounts of heavy metals in what many consider as essential purchases, especially during the summer season: slippers.
Using an X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer, the EcoWaste Coalition screened the slippers for toxic metals and detected lead, antimony, barium and cadmium above levels of concern in 11 out of the 20 samples.
Lead, in particular, is a known brain-damaging poison and kids are among the extremely susceptible because of their fast developing nervous systems.
Health experts have determined no safe level of lead exposure, notably for fetuses and children..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/metro/20120329met4.html
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