Date of publication: June 2, 2006
Source: All Headline News
By Mary K. Brunskill - All Headline News Contributor
Beijing, China (AHN) - U.S. mega-store Wal-Mart announced on Wednesday several brands of children's clothes will no longer be sold in Wal-Mart stores in China because they were found to contain a dye that may cause cancer.
Nine children's brands sold in Wal-Mart stores in Guangdong province contained clothes that contained a dye that could decompose into toxic aromatic amine compounds, the Beijing News reported.
A Wal-Mart in Beijing was also selling some of the brands, reports the AP.
Huang Jianling, manager of public relations of Wal-Mart's China head office, declined to say whether the clothes containing the dye were currently sold in the Wal-Mart's U.S. or other overseas branches.