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A concerning new bout of testing has revealed millions of Shein children’s clothes may contain high levels of toxic chemicals that may be linked to cancer, infertility and even autism.

According to a May 28 report, South Korean officials and researchers conducted extensive random testing to examine Shein and other foreign e-commerce sites like it. The researchers sought to determine whether these sites adhere to safe business standards.

They randomly tested a wide variety of items, including clothes, bags, and belts. Some items contained over “400 times the safe level of compounds,” which would allow them to pass through the skin and enter the blood and nervous systems. The researchers randomly pulled and examined 93 different products, many of which were even advertised in the site’s children’s section.

The findings are especially concerning considering Shein — a Chinese-owned company headquartered in Singapore — popularity in the United States. In fact, “its app ranked second in the nation last …