Clothing items sold by Asian e-commerce giant Shein contain dangerous chemicals at levels well in excess of EU rules, Greenpeace charged in a report published on Thursday.

A spokesman for Shein told AFP that "as a precaution we will withdraw the articles that we can identify from our marketplace worldwide".

Greenpeace Germany said 18 clothing items out of 56 that it sent for testing "contained dangerous chemicals that exceed the limits in the EU's REACH chemical regulation, sometimes severely".

Among the products was a children's mermaid costume which exceeded the REACH limits on formaldehyde, the group said.

It also said adult jackets had high amounts of phthalates, chemicals used to make plastics more flexible which have been linked to numerous health problems.

Greenpeace said in a

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