The Seoul Timo City Government requires aliexpress to stop selling children’s products that exceed the limits of dangerous materials

Chinese e-commerce, such as Shein, TEMU, and Aliexpress, has seen an increase in global popularity in recent years, as consumers have drawn a wide range of fashion and modern accessories with a very low cost-with their position as main competitors on the American giant Amazon.

Their rapid rise has raised an increasing audit on commercial practices and product safety, including in South Korea.

The Seoul City Government said on Friday that it recently inspected 35 children’s products sold on TEMU and Aliexpress – including umbrellas, rain coats and rain shoes – and found that 11 failed to meet safety standards in South Korea or contain dangerous materials over the local borders.

In six umbrellas, the city said in a statement that the shores that depend on the phthaLs-the chemicals used to make the plastic more flexible-are found at levels that exceeded the safety standards.

Some of these products have exceeded the local safety limit up to 443.5 times for chemicals, while two elements containing bullets have been found at 27.7 times levels of locally acceptable level.

Based on the results of the inspection, the Seoul government said it “requested that the platforms on the Internet suspend the sales of incompatible products.”

He also pointed out that “prolonged exposure to harmful substances can affect children’s growth and health”, and highlights the need to carefully review the product information before the purchases.

Temu and Aliexpress did not immediately respond to AFP suspension requests.

The Seoul government told AFP that retailers had no legal obligations to comply with their request.

The Seoul authorities said that the tricks based on tricks can cause endocrine disorders, while exposure to bullets over the safety limits can weaken reproductive functions and increase the risk of cancer.

Last year, the city government said that the accessories of women sold by Shin, Aliexpress and TEMU contain toxic substances sometimes hundreds of times over the accepted levels.

Last year, the European Union added Sheen to the list of digital companies that are large enough to subject to strict safety rules – including measures to protect customers from unsafe products, especially those that could be harmful to minors.