Germany: Children'S Shoes Are Exposed To Toxic Chemicals.

German Green Peace Organization recently disclosed that through many children

A sample of discounted retailers showed that more than half of children's clothing was tested.

It contains chemicals that endanger health and environmental safety.

These discount stores include Hardi (Aldi), Tchibo and Lidl from Germany, Austria and Switzerland respectively.

The laboratory tested 26 substances in children's shoes and clothes.

Children's shoes, including sports beach shoes, wooden bottom shoes and sneakers, are proved to contain the most toxic chemicals, such as high concentration of two methylformamide (DMF), which not only has reproductive toxicity, but also is harmful to the skin.

Greenpeace says most of the wood bottom shoes and plastic beach shoes are smelly and smelly, which usually means that these shoes contain naphthalene.

Children's clothing products sampled from Austria and Switzerland were found to contain high levels of potentially harmful chemicals.

In Vienna, children's shoes were detected seriously exceeding DMF.

And a pair bought in Munich and Hamburg, respectively.

And the children's shoes with a pair of flashing lights are found to have an extremely high concentration of DMF.

Greenpeace has also issued chemical warnings for other baby products, including baby coats and children's raincoats containing two butylbenzene two formic acid disrupting the hormonal system, as well as rain boots containing carcinogens.

Greenpeace believes that the low cost mode of operation of supermarket chains leads to harmful substances such as textiles and shoes.

However, the organization reminds that the non-toxic fashion is not only in the luxury industry, but Martha stores in the United Kingdom and Coop in Switzerland are examples of healthy and fashionable business models.

In response to Greenpeace's report, three discount retailers responded that their products were healthy and harmless to consumers.

Lidl said that in any case, we accepted the test results and saw this as an opportunity to work closely with suppliers to further reduce harmful chemical content.