“Manufacturers, knowingly producing… possibility of infertility induction in the future”,

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, ‘Harmful substances exceeding standards found in Chinese children’s slippers are causing shock.’, 
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, ‘According to a report by Hong Kong’s Sing Tao Daily on the 1st, the Fengpai News in China purchased 50 top-selling children’s slippers from the top 5 e-commerce platforms in China and 12 products from some offline stores.’, 
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, ‘A total of 62 products were purchased and sent to testing institutions for examination, and among these, 53 products exceeded the standards for phthalate plasticizers.’, 
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, ‘The overall exceedance rate was 85%, with one product exceeding the standard by a whopping 805 times.’, 
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, ‘Phthalates, widely used as inexpensive plasticizers, can lead to children’s precocity and potential infertility or autism in the future.’, 
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, ‘Among these, DEHP (Diethylhexyl phthalate) is classified as a possible human carcinogen (Group 2B) by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.’, 
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, ‘The content of DEHP, DBP, BBP, and other phthalate plasticizers should not exceed 0.1% according to China’s national standard regulations.’, 
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, ‘It was revealed that manufacturers have been producing products with harmful substances exceeding the standards knowingly.’, 
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, ‘Most of the disqualified products were produced in Wuchuan City, Guangdong Province. Following the report, Wuchuan City authorities announced that they will investigate the related manufacturers.’, 
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