Recall Order Issued for 53 Products Including Stationery and Bags Due to Excessive Environmental Hormone Detection

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Kwon Haeyoung] The National Institute of Technology and Standards under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced on the 24th that it identified 53 products, including children's products that violated safety standards, and issued recall orders including collection.

In preparation for the new school term, the National Institute conducted intensive inspections from January to February on a total of 23 items and 622 products. Separately, the Ministry of Environment also investigated the presence of harmful environmental factors in children's products distributed in the market to determine violations of safety standards.

As a result of the investigation, 50 children's products were found to have violated legal safety standards such as harmful chemicals.

Among these were 11 school supplies including sharp pencils with lead content exceeding the standard by up to 112 times, eraser sets and pencil cases containing phthalate-based plasticizers, which are environmental hormones, far exceeding the standard, and 16 children's textile products such as bags.

Also detected were infant vests with long tightening cords posing a risk of entanglement accidents, and infant T-shirts with lead content up to 30 times higher than the standard.

Six slime toys containing preservatives that cause allergic dermatitis and children's eyeglass frames with lead content exceeding the standard by up to 1,000 times were also subject to recall.

Additionally, the National Institute recalled two electrical products posing fire or electric shock risks and one household item violating cadmium safety standards, a heavy metal.

To completely block the distribution of the 53 recalled products in the market, the National Institute disclosed product information on the Product Safety Information Center and the Happy Dream platform.

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