China toys Popular stress relief toy sold in China contains high levels of toxic chemical boron
An investigative report has found that a stress relief toy popular with Chinese children and teenagers contains large amounts of the toxic chemical boron and poses a serious health hazard, media reports said.
The toy is popularly known as “fake water” or “crystal mud”.
The toys have been sold widely as a toy to primary and middle school students around the country, media reports said.
Of the nine brands of fake water examined, all contained two to six times more boron, a chemical found in borax which is a common ingredient in synthetic slime, than the permitted level in the European Union, reports The South China Morning Post.
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.
