Genoa, jewelery with lead and cadmium: 98 thousand items seized
The officials of the Customs and Monopolies Agency and the soldiers of the II Group of the Financial Police Of Genoa they seized in port of Pra' beyond 98,000 items of costume jewelery containing heavy metals in concentrations that are highly dangerous for the health of consumers.
L'Operation 'Alchemy' is part of the constant monitoring of commercial flows affecting the port of Genoa. The investigators, through the analysis of the customs documentation and the cross-referencing of the information acquired with that detectable from the databases in use, have selected a shipping from China characterized by important risk indicators.
The subsequent check on the goods, mainly bracelets, rings, necklaces And earringsraised strong suspicions regarding the chemical composition of the products, which were therefore sent to the chemical laboratories of the Customs Agency to evaluate their composition.
The laboratory investigations made it possible to confirm the hypotheses put forward by the operators regarding the dangerousness of the products, highlighting the presence of heavy metals such as cadmium, lead And nickel in concentrations up to approx 9,700 times higher than the limit allowed by law.
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