China’s Beijing Market Supervision Bureau recently conducted random inspections on the quality of children’s shoes. Merchants including Wal-Mart, Carrefour, Hanguang Department Store, Modern Mall, Cuiwei Building, Suning.com and other supermarkets have detected 26 batches of children’s shoes with unqualified quality, involving many A well-known brand at home and abroad, problems include phthalates, the total amount of heavy metals, formaldehyde, strap pull-out strength, outsole wear resistance, logos, etc. do not meet the standard requirements of China.
Among them, three children’s shoes produced by Qibohui (China) Co., Ltd., Blue Cat (Fujian) Shoes and Clothing Co., Ltd., and Guangzhou Yitong Trading Co., Ltd. were found to be unqualified for the “phthalate” item.
Phthalates, commonly known as “plasticizers”, are considered to be environmental hormones. They have toxic effects on multiple human systems and affect the hormone secretion system of the human body, especially for infants and children in the early stages of development, and could cause precocious puberty in children.
Another Hush Puppies children’s leather shoes produced by Guangzhou Yitong Trading Co., Ltd. was found to be unqualified for the “formaldehyde” item.
If there is excessive formaldehyde in shoe materials, it will be gradually released as people wear and use it. Formaldehyde causes respiratory tract inflammation and skin inflammation through skin contact. It also has a strong irritating effect on the mucous membrane of the eyes. Mild symptoms include watery eyes, cough, contact dermatitis, finger and nail pain, etc. In severe cases, insomnia and dizziness may occur. Symptoms such as headache, and even cause cancer. Children’s body resistance is generally weaker than that of ordinary adults, and they are more sensitive to formaldehyde pollution and are more prone to discomfort.
Statistics show that Guangzhou Yitong Trading Co., Ltd. is a member of Belle International and has a high reputation in the Chinese children’s shoe industry. Belle International website shows that “Hush Puppies” is an agent brand of Belle International. Hush Puppies was founded in 1958 and is marked by the famous Buggy hound. It is a well-known casual shoe brand in the United States.
Two allo&lugh children’s shoes produced by Zero to Seven Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. sold in Beijing Cuiwei Building were found to be unqualified for the “Total Heavy Metals” item.
Excessive heavy metals will affect children’s intellectual development. Shoes have been in contact with children for a long time. Once the heavy metals are absorbed by the human body, some of them will be excreted in feces and sweat. The rest will dissolve into the human blood after a few hours and hinder the synthesis of blood. It will lead to anemia, headache, dizziness, and fatigue. , Drowsiness, constipation and sore limbs and other symptoms.
The most unqualified reason in this period is the “Identification” item. There are 20 batches of children’s shoes unqualified in this item, such as Babudou, Keoukeyou, Jimmy Bear, Moonstar, Wang Xiaohe, etc. And the companies’ failure to follow the standard on true and comprehensive label product information may mislead consumers.