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YSK jewellery sold as sterling silver on amazon has been found to be made from cadmium, a carcinogen

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Sellers on Amazon and TikTok Shop have sold jewellery containing illegal amounts of a cancer-causing metal, an investigation by The Sunday Times has found. Items have been sold on the marketplaces containing large amounts of cadmium, a toxic heavy metal that is carcinogenic. The legal limit for this element in the UK is 0.01 per cent in any piece of jewellery. One £2.99 ring bought on Amazon that was advertised as 925 silver contained more than 9,000 times the maximum allowance and was estimated to be made of 92.3 per cent cadmium.

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/jewellery-carcinogen-amazon-tiktok-zrl6tcmxfOpen linkView original on mander.xyz
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FSU: Animal rights campaigner visited by police officers and told to accept a police record, attend an “online thinking” course, or face arrest following comments about the incineration of beagles

"Animal rights campaigner, Anneka Svenska, was visited at home by two police officers and told to accept a police record, attend an “online thinking” course, or face arrest following comments she made on social media about the incineration of beagles at a company that breeds the dogs for use in medical research.

The police alleged that she had committed a crime under the Online Safety Act. "

https://x.com/speechunion/status/2083169810754490666Open linkView original on mander.xyz
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