Two-panel image showing a person wearing large sunglasses and layered necklaces on a crowded city street in the left panel, and a tangled silver-coloured chain necklace with a round brown pendant held in a hand in the right panel. Multi-storey buildings, market stalls and a crowd are visible in the background of the left panel, while the right panel focuses on the necklace clasp, chain loops and pendant.Image source, Handouts
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Meranda suffered skin irritation after buying a necklace sold as sterling silver

ByGeorge Sandeman
  • Published29 minutes ago

Jewellery advertised as sterling silver on popular online marketplaces was found to contain toxic chemicals, following a BBC investigation.

Some 25 items - bought from Amazon, eBay, Temu, Etsy and OnBuy - were examined by experts for BBC Watchdog on The One Show.

Laboratory analysis found eight contained illegal levels of cadmium - a chemical that can cause cancer. Only two items could be classified as sterling silver.