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Yes, it happened again. According to a recent Associated Press story, drinking glasses produced in China, featuring comic and superhero characters, have been discovered to contain extremely high levels of lead. Excessive amounts of cadmium were revealed in the glasses as well.
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This has been a repeated and particularly troubling topic, especially because many of these products are marketed to children. It’s clear that the methods being employed to combat this problem have been unsuccessful. So what are some options?
“This is a systemic problem and the root cause for most of it belongs to the importers, not the manufacturers,” says Stan Salot, president of the ECC Corp. (ECCC) and co-author of the IECQ HSPM QC 080000 standard that certifies manufacturer compliance to hazardous substance process management.
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The AP article says that cadmium usage is standard for the color red. It also says that some of the products in question were part of collectors sets designed and marketed to nostalgic adults. In the absence of any information on how these glasses were specified, I'm not sure if the conclusions you've drawn will fully eliminate thr problem. If these glasses were not specified as being compliant with the CPSC regulations (due to the intended marked), or in general not specified as being lead-free or cadmium-free, you have not addressed the root cause.
We're quick to blame China for problems, but if we don't specify the appropriate requirements, we're still going to miss the boat.
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