Walmart Pulls Jewerly With Cadmium Off Shelves
Reported by: WROC-TV
Tuesday, Jan 12, 2010 @11:25am EST
The nation's largest retailer Walmart has taken a type of children's jewelry from China off its shelves.
A report found that the jewelry contained cadmium - a toxic metal.
It's been reported that cadmium can cause cancer.
Manufacturers were forced to stop using lead in their products, so cadmium, an inexpensive dangerous metal, was substituted in the jewelry and going undetected.
There has been no formal recall.
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