MANILA, Philippines — Good luck from charms might turn into a bad fortune, according to a local environment watchdog, if consumers won’t be keen enough to know that their prosperity amulets could be a vessel of poisonous substances.
EcoWaste Coalition on Friday warned of toxic chemicals in lucky charms, which lure many people especially around this time of Chinese New Year celebrations.
According to the group, it purchased and found some lucky charms laden with soaring levels of toxic metal cadmium.
“We caution consumers from buying and wearing lucky bracelets with ox components that are often made of cadmium alloy,” Thony Dizon, chemical safety campaigner of EcoWaste Coalitio…
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