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<blockquote data-quote="Oldtimer" data-source="post: 424662" data-attributes="member: 97"><p><strong>Poison pajamas</strong></p><p><strong>Embalming fluid found in kids duds from China</strong></p><p></p><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>Posted: August 20, 2007</p><p>5:00 p.m. Eastern</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com </p><p></p><p><strong>China's massive export industry has provided ginger contaminated with a pesticide, fish food raised in untreated sewage and toothpaste containing a solvent –<u> and now children's clothing containing the poison formaldehyde</u>.</strong> </p><p></p><p>According to a report in the Auckland, New Zealand, Sunday Star Times, an investigative team from the city's TV3 Target program has detailed how <strong>scientists found formaldehyde, a chemical preservative, in wool and cotton clothing at levels hundreds of times higher than levels considered safe. </strong></p><p></p><p>The chemical has been used as an embalming fluid and in clothing to preserve a "permanent press." It also has been used over the years in foam padding, and is used extensively in composite wood products in construction. </p><p></p><p>Research by the World Health Organization has concluded that exposure to formaldehyde in concentrations of 20 parts per million can cause eye, skin and nasal irritations, asthmas and cancer. </p><p></p><p>However, the testing for the television program resulted in some startling finds. </p><p></p><p>"Our results were shocking, ranging from 230 ppm to 18,000 ppm," Target producer Simon Roy told the newspaper, following tests on a girl's top, school shorts, a Spiderman T-shirt and pajamas. </p><p></p><p><strong>"This is almost unbelievable. Some of the clothes Target tested having a reading 900 times the level that actually causes harm," he said.</strong> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Full Story</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57245" target="_blank">http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/artic ... E_ID=57245</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oldtimer, post: 424662, member: 97"] [b]Poison pajamas Embalming fluid found in kids duds from China[/b] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: August 20, 2007 5:00 p.m. Eastern © 2007 WorldNetDaily.com [b]China's massive export industry has provided ginger contaminated with a pesticide, fish food raised in untreated sewage and toothpaste containing a solvent –[u] and now children's clothing containing the poison formaldehyde[/u].[/b] According to a report in the Auckland, New Zealand, Sunday Star Times, an investigative team from the city's TV3 Target program has detailed how [b]scientists found formaldehyde, a chemical preservative, in wool and cotton clothing at levels hundreds of times higher than levels considered safe. [/b] The chemical has been used as an embalming fluid and in clothing to preserve a "permanent press." It also has been used over the years in foam padding, and is used extensively in composite wood products in construction. Research by the World Health Organization has concluded that exposure to formaldehyde in concentrations of 20 parts per million can cause eye, skin and nasal irritations, asthmas and cancer. However, the testing for the television program resulted in some startling finds. "Our results were shocking, ranging from 230 ppm to 18,000 ppm," Target producer Simon Roy told the newspaper, following tests on a girl's top, school shorts, a Spiderman T-shirt and pajamas. [b]"This is almost unbelievable. Some of the clothes Target tested having a reading 900 times the level that actually causes harm," he said.[/b] Full Story [url=http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57245]http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/artic ... E_ID=57245[/url] [/QUOTE]
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