Parents are being warned of a cancer-scare involving fake accessories for loom bands after tests revealed some imported batches were laced with deadly levels of chemicals. Safety officials have issued ...

Britain's biggest independent toy store took plastic loom band charms off its shelves today after cancer-causing toxic chemicals were found in tests. Investigators bought a packet of the charms from a ...

Loom band charms have been taken off shelves in a Middlesbrough store after tests on similar products found they contained cancer-causing chemicals. Toy chain The Entertainer has removed the charms ...

Parents are being warned about the dangers of loom bands and the plastic trinkets sold with them after tests revealed some to be laced with cancer-causing chemicals Credit: Photo: Rachel Trump/BNPS ...

The charms could contain phthalates, a chemical used to soften plastics, The Entertainer said. Phthalates can disrupt hormones in children and were banned in toys on sale in the European Union several ...

Parents are being warned about the dangers of loom bands and the plastic trinkets sold with them after tests revealed some to be laced with cancer-causing chemicals Credit: Photo: Rachel Trump/BNPS ...

Parents need to be more aware of the dangers of loom bands amid the potential for the popular accessory to become lodged in children's noses, a report has warned. Four children were treated at a ...

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