Pity the long-suffering Chinese consumer: as if tainted milk were not enough, poisoned swimsuits have now been found polluting the shelves of some of Shanghai’s top-end shopping malls.
According to today’s official Shanghai Daily, some swimsuits and sportswear on display at two of the poshest malls on the city’s swanky Nanjing West shopping street have failed a government quality check, because they could cause skin infections or “damage to the neurosurgical system”.
The Shanghai Industrial and Commercial Administrative Bureau said nearly one in three batches tested were defective. The paper also said some bathing suits were “too flabby to wear” (presumably more of a fashion than a health risk).