A ring previously found to be 92% cadmium and banned from Amazon has reappeared under a new seller, raising safety concerns about online marketplace oversight.
01Summary
- 01Jayne Bond discovered a ring on Amazon advertised as 925 sterling silver that preliminary testing showed contained cadmium, a known carcinogen.
- 02The ring matched one previously found to be 92.3% cadmium, more than 9,000 times the UK legal limit of 0.01%.
- 03Amazon removed the listing Bond identified in September and said it takes customer safety seriously.
- 04A similar ring listed on Amazon US for $4.99 is advertised as sterling silver and 18-karat white gold plated.
- 05Silver is roughly 300 times more expensive than cadmium by weight; the raw silver in a genuine 2.5-gram sterling ring would cost about $4.50 at current prices.
02Why it matters
This matters because consumers may unknowingly buy jewellery containing toxic cadmium from online marketplaces, and regulatory oversight differs between the UK and US, leaving gaps in protection.
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