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Amazon pulled a $4 ‘sterling silver’ ring that was 92% cancer-causing cadmium. A jewelry expert warns it’s back
A ring matching one that tested at more than 9,000 times the U.K.’s legal cadmium limit has resurfaced on Amazon under a new seller. A similar “sterling silver” design sells in the U.S. for $4.99, about what the silver alone in a genuine ring would be worth.
A British jewelry consultant is calling out Amazon—again. “This is an utter joke,” Jayne Bond wrote in a Sept. 16 LinkedIn post, criticizing U.K. enforcement authorities after discovering that a ring with the same design as one previously exposed for containing dangerously high levels of cadmium was back on Amazon—this time offered by a different seller. The £3.39 ring was advertised as “925 Sterling Silver,” which means it should contain 92.5% silver. But Bond said preliminary testing of the ring she purchased detected cadmium, a toxic metal known to cause cancer. Amazon told…
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