SEOUL — Women's accessories sold by some of the world's most popular online shopping companies contained toxic substances, sometimes hundreds of times above acceptable levels, authorities in South Korea said on Wednesday.
SEOUL — Women's accessories sold by some of the world's most popular online shopping companies contained toxic substances, sometimes hundreds of times above acceptable levels, authorities in South Korea said on Wednesday.Chinese giants, including Shein , Temu and AliExpress, have skyrocketed in popularity around the world in recent years, offering a vast selection of trendy clothes and accessories at stunningly low prices that have helped them take on United States titan Amazon.
Two bottles of nail polish from Shein were found to have dioxane — a possible human carcinogen that can cause liver poisoning — at levels more than 3.6 times the allowed limit and methanol concentrations 1.4 times above the acceptable level.Shein told AFP that it would 'work closely with international third-party testing agencies... to regularly carry out risk-based sampling tests to ensure that products provided by suppliers meet Shein's product safety standards.
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