"I bought a kid's toy from overseas"...Hazardous substances. [Anchor Report]

Meanwhile, a huge amount of harmful substances came from Christmas toys sold on Chinese online platforms, which is controversial.

If you look at the product in question, Santa-shaped ornaments, stickers with Christmas trees on them, and blocks.

They are all toys that children will love,

The Seoul Metropolitan Government said six products were found to be non-conforming after conducting safety tests on Christmas season products sold at Temu, Shein and AliExpress.

In particular, two Santa Claus decorative toys sold at AliExpress were detected up to 215 times more phthalate-based plasticizers and up to 11 times more lead than domestic standards,
The
phthalate plasticizer is an endocrine disruptor that affects reproductive function and can cause irritation to the eyes and skin upon contact.

Lead can also harm reproductive function and increase cancer risk if exposed above safety standards.

You can find more information on the Seoul Metropolitan Government website and the Seoul E-commerce Center website, so please refer to it.