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According to scientific studies, accessorizing with cheap costume jewelry can be dangerous, the Daily Mail reported.

After running a series of tests on a variety of low-cost jewelry items targeted at youngsters, non-profit environmental safety organization The Ecology Center found alarming levels of harmful chemicals in their composition.

Lead, cadmium, chromium, mercury and arsenic among other highly toxic chemicals were detected in over half the 99 items taken from branches of Claire's, Forever 21 and H&M and other retailers across the United States.

The health issues linked to these substances in past tests on animals and humans include acute allergies, birth defects, impaired learning, liver toxicity and cancer.

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廉价配饰有害健康

       据英国《每日邮报》报道，科学研究证实，佩戴廉价配饰可能对身体有害。

       非营利环保组织“生态中心”对很多种以青少年为目标的廉价配饰做了一系列测试，结果发现其中的有毒物含量高的惊人。

       在Claire's、Forever 21、H&M及其它美国零售商出售的99件配饰中，一半以上都含有铅、镉、铬、汞、砷等高毒性物质。

       此前在人和动物身上的实验显示，这些物质可能会引起急性过敏、先天畸形、学习障碍、肝中毒和癌症。

(China.org.cn March 27, 2012)