SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Research Institute of Public Health and Environment announced on February 18 that all 198 home baking utensils tested in a recent safety inspection passed heavy metal contamination standards. The investigation covered 14 categories of baking tools, including bread molds, cooking paper, and various baking molds commonly sold in [...]
SUWON, Mar. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gyeonggi-do Institute of Health and Environment (GIHE) released a report that suggests that fireworks that took place in various locations in China during national holidays were the cause of increased heavy metal concentrations in fine dust sweeping over Gyeonggi Province. The institute, using a real-time heavy metal analyzer [...]
DAEGU, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – More urethane running tracks have been discovered with high concentrations of lead, but this time, at public parks and sports facilities. According to the Daegu Metropolitan Government, 14 installations across the city have been declared ‘inappropriate’ for exceeding the lead standard of 9mg/kg. A public basketball court in Bullo-dong [...]