Guide Note:August 20, 2007: New Zealand's government is investigating clothing imports from China after some were found to contain dangerously high levels of the chemical formaldehyde. Fast Facts

The probe was ordered after scientists testing clothes for TV3's "Target" consumer watchdog program discovered formaldehyde concentrations up to 900 times above the safe level in woolen and cotton clothes from China.
Formaldehyde, a preservative that is used to give a permanent press effect to clothes and also as an embalming fluid, can cause problems ranging from skin rashes to cancer.

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ABC News: NZ tests find formaldehyde in Chinese-made clothes (August 20, 2007)
Chicago Tribune: Toxic clothes from China (August 19, 2007)
Financial Times: "Poison clothes add to China export scares" (August 20, 2007)
Consumerist: NZ TV Program Says Chinese-Made Kid's Clothes Contaminated (August 20, 2007)
Sunday Star-Times: "Poison found in kids' clothes from China" (August 19, 2007)
InjuryBoard.com: Poison pajamas from China now a concern (August 21, 2007)

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