Children's clothes from AliExpress found to contain excessive amounts of lead and formaldehyde (South Korea)

Harmful chemicals have been detected in nine Lunar New Year children's products sold on the Chinese online shopping platform AliExpress in South Korea, urging caution.
On the 24th, the city of Seoul announced the results of testing seven types of hanbok for children, five types of accessories, and one toy for the presence of harmful chemicals and their durability.
The test results showed that the pH and formaldehyde levels of five children's hanbok products exceeded the national standard.
Aldehyde levels were sometimes 4.5 times higher than the national standard, while lead levels in accessories worn on children's hanbok were 8.1 times higher than the national standard.
"Aryl ARMYn," which can cause dermatitis and cancer if exposed for a long period of time, was detected at 1.8 times higher levels.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced the results of safety inspections of overseas direct sales products on April 9 last year, and has since conducted 23 inspections of 1,621 products.
Of these, 172 products did not meet domestic standards. The city will continue to conduct safety inspections of products on overseas direct sales platforms this year, and will announce the results of the inspections once a month and take measures against harmful products.
The government plans to continue requesting that the product be discontinued.