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Students in 21 primary and middle schools in China’s eastern Shanghai were today ordered to stop wearing their school uniforms after a cancer causing toxic dye was found in the products of a local garment firm.
The uniforms, produced by Ouxia Clothing Co Ltd in Pudong, in a recent quality inspection campaign were found to contain banned dyes which could cause cancer, the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision said.
A probe is underway and the uniforms have been seized. Six batches of the company’s clothes products were sub-standard, the city’s quality watchdog said.
The company has been a manufacturer of school uniforms in Shanghai for the last five years.
Education authorities in the Pudong New Area of Shanghai said in a statement they have asked 21 schools, who had purchased uniforms from Ouxia to tell students to stop wearing the clothes, which require quality examinations, state-run Xinhua news agency reported today.
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