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 ...

One of the UK's leading toy stores has taken loom band charms off its shelves after they were found to contain potentially harmful chemicals which have been linked to cancer. The loom band charms ...

Loom band charms are being removed from shelves in the UK after fears emerged that some may contain dangerous levels of cancer causing chemicals. On investigation it was discovered that the charms at ...

ONE of the country's leading toy stores has taken loom band charms off its shelves after they were found to contain potentially harmful chemicals. The Entertainer, which has branches in Glasgow and ...

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