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Crib bumpers and drawstring hoodies, which U.S. regulators say pose health hazards to youth, on Temu and Shein's websites. Photos via Shein and Temu. Art by Shane BurkeOn Shein and Temu, Deadly Baby and Toddler Goods Are Easy to Find
Shoppers on the bargain sites may unwittingly be buying goods regulators say are unsafe. The top U.S. consumer watchdog is trying to do more to weed those items out.
Two years ago, Congress passed a law banning the sale of padded crib bumpers, saying they posed a suffocation hazard for babies. But in recent weeks, U.S. shoppers could have bought as many as four different styles of padded bumpers in a variety of colors and patterns on bargain site Temu.
On the site of Temu’s main rival, Shein, shoppers can buy toddlers’ and children’s drawstring hoodies, which regulators say pose a strangulation risk. Both companies have expanded quickly the past two years by offering ultralow prices on clothes, electronics and other goods shipped directly from overseas. That’s made things more difficult for the top U.S. consumer watchdog, which is trying to catch up with a flood of unsafe goods sold online.