Inexpensive children’s jewellery can be a very serious danger.  Just a few days ago we found out that most costume children’s jewellery coming out of China have very high levels of cadmium.  Cadmium is very toxic and dangerous to children.  Many warnings are going out not to purchase or give small children any inexpensive children’s  jewellery coming from China.

On Jan. 11/2010, U.S. Consumer product safety commissioner Inez Tenenbaum gave a keynote speech in Hong Kong.  She warned children’ jewellery manufactures not to use cadium, antimony or barium in the making of children’s jewellery.

Tenenbaum also used this time to tell parents,” grandparents or caregivers not to allow young children to be given or play with any cheap metal children’s jewellery”.  She goes on to say” expecially when they are unsupervised.  Just take the jewellery away”.

China’s Product and safety agency will look into the findings that cadmium is being used in export of children’s jewellery.  At this time there are no laws banning the use of cadmium in children’s jewellery.

While there are elevating concerns about cadmium in children’s jewellery I must make mention that we need to be aware that children’s jewellery can be children’s bracelets, children’s pendants, children’s charms,or any other piece of metal adornment children wear.  Many other children’s products are made with the same components. For example, children’s hair pins, back pack charms, shoe charms and many other products that we may not consider children’s jewellery.  Even jewellery for little girls dolls.

So please do not let your children wear any inexpensive metal children’s jewellery from China.  Do not purchase any costume children’s jewellery from China until such time that cadmium is no longer use to make it.  As there is no way for you to test a piece to know if cadmium is used in it, just do not take a chance with it.

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