Consumer group Which? is urging a crackdown by online marketplaces after tests discovering worrying levels of chemicals linked to cancer discovered in balloons popular with kids

Party balloons containing illegal levels of cancer causing chemicals have been found for sale on online stores including Debenhams and eBay .

Some being advertised by third party sellers on the sites had as much as six times the permitted limits, according to tests carried out by Which? The consumer group branded its findings “outrageous”, especially given repeated warnings about dangerous levels over the past 10 years. The risk comes from touching the balloon, when people put them to their lips to blow up, or breathe in the smell.

Which? bought 21 packs of latex balloons on seven online marketplaces and put

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