Posted on August 19, 2007 by muriella
Poison in children’s clothing is emerging as the latest health risk from China.
New Zealand TV3’s Target programme will this week detail how scientists found formaldehyde in woollen and cotton clothes at levels 500 times higher than is safe.
It questions why there are no New Zealand safety standards for clothes.
National Poisons Centre spokesman Dr John Fountain [...]
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Posted on August 19, 2007 by muriella
Childhood lead poisoning
One of the most natural things a young child does is to place objects in its mouth. Touching and tasting is how infants learn. However, the combination of a developing brain, young body and this tendency to put things in their mouths is what puts young children at risk of lead poisoning. Not [...]
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