“You have a problem.”Brent Cleaveland, executive director of the Fashion Jewelry and Accessories Trade Association, said he does not believe the test results suggest a larger problem. Associated Press The toxic metal cadmium, which some states have outlawed in children's jewelry, can cause cancer and reproductive harm after prolonged exposure. All rights reserved.
Lab testing found 31 adult jewelry items purchased from retail stores were at least 40 percent cadmium, and most were more than 90 percent. The nonprofit has settled Proposition 65 claims against 36 companies, including Gap Inc. and Target Corp., which agreed to not sell jewelry with more than 0.03 percent cadmium.That limit for children’s jewelry took effect after the AP reported in 2010 that some Chinese jewelry manufacturers were substituting cadmium for lead, the use of which Congress clamped down on following a string of imported-product safety scandals.The jewelry industry helped write voluntary U.S. standards following the AP investigation, but the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission did not mandate any cadmium limits. Jewelry found on the shelves of huge national retailers—such Ross, Nordstrom Rack, and Papaya—contains the toxic cancer-causing metal cadmium, the Associated Press reports.
Research carried out by the nonprofit Center for Environmental Health shows that some jewelry sold with dresses and shirts is nearly pure cadmium, which is known to cause cancer and reproductive harm after prolonged exposure. CDC collaborates with China CDC to improve its ability to detect and respond to emerging infectious diseases, including through surveillance sites in health care facilities. Researchers also have documented some absorption through skin contact, though the phenomenon is not well-studied.Michael Harbut, a practicing doctor who as a university professor has researched cadmium’s cancer-causing properties, noted that contact can trigger skin rashes including psoriasis.“Cadmium is bad,” said Harbut, who teaches at Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine. “Given a choice between wearing something with cadmium in it, or wearing something without cadmium in it, I would take the product without cadmium.”The Oakland-based nonprofit bought all the test samples in the San Francisco Bay Area this year or last. “Papaya is very strict and stops doing business with any manufacturer which fails to comply.”Nordstrom spokeswoman Emily Sterken said the company is “reaching out to these vendors to make them aware of the situation and get more information on these items.”The Center for Environmental Health has long used California law to force companies to reduce levels of harmful materials in consumer products, including cadmium and lead in jewelry.Under the state’s Proposition 65, businesses must inform consumers about significant exposures to chemicals that cause cancer or other reproductive harm. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jewelry with the toxic metal cadmium is showing up on the shelves of national retailers including Ross, Nordstrom Rack and Papaya, according to newly released test results.Analysis done for the nonprofit Center for Environmental Health revealed some jewelry sold with women’s dresses and shirts was nearly pure cadmium, which can cause cancer and reproductive harm after prolonged exposure.Consumer advocates were hopeful cadmium had disappeared from the U.S. jewelry market following changes prompted by a 2010 Associated Press investigation that found Chinese manufacturers were using the metal to make kids’ jewelry. It also causes cancer. I met my sponsor while we were staying at the ACS Hope Lodge in KC MO. The extent to which contaminated jewelry is in stores elsewhere isn’t clear, though a national retailer would not typically limit a product to just one region.The center said the problem should not be underestimated because of the limited market sampling.“If you’re the person that buys and is wearing that jewelry, you don’t really care whether it’s a common problem or a rare problem,” said Caroline Cox, senior scientist at the center.
Some states have banned the metal from being used in children’s jewelry, but there are no laws preventing it from being used in jewelry for adults. After my husband and I were both diagnosed with cancer last year, and receiving so much love and support, we wanted to find a way to give back.
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Most major retailers have a stringent system for testing and analyzing what they sell, he said.Most of the tainted items were sold at Ross, which operates more than 1,400 stores in 38 states. Advertise Most of the tainted items were sold at Ross, with one pendant from a necklace chain being 100 percent cadmium. Part of HuffPost News. "To prevent young children from possibly being exposed to lead, cadmium or any other hazardous heavy metal, take the jewelry away," Tenenbaum wrote.