NOT LUCKY | EcoWaste Coalition says some feng shui amulets and charms contaminated

By: Jet Villa, InterAksyon.com January 26, 2014 9:08 AM

A horse statuette on top a pineapple and gold ingot had 5,380 ppm of lead,the EcoWaste Coalition said Sunday. (Krisken Jones/InterAksyon.com)

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MANILA - Some feng shui amulets and charms that are supposed to deflect negative chi (energy) and draw good health and wealth during the Year of the Wooden Horse are ironicallyloaded with hazardous substances, the EcoWaste Coalition said Sunday.

In a statement, EcoWaste Coalition said these amulets and charms were found containing chemicals that belong to the World Health Organizations ten chemicals of major public health concern such as arsenic, cadmium, and lead.

We find the presence of toxic metals in some amulets and charms incompatible with the much trumpeted luck and success that they are supposed to bring, said Thony Dizon, Coordinator of the EcoWaste Coalitions Project Protect.

There is a clear mismatch between the good flow of energy and prosperity offered by some of these talismans and activators and the bad chemicals that make them up, he said.

Using a portable X-Ray Fluorescence device, the group had detected excessive levels of toxic metals in 42 out of 50 samples.

Out of these 42 tainted samples, lead up to 207,400 parts per million (ppm) was detected in 34 samples, arsenic up to 3,174 ppm in 16 samples, and cadmium up to 12,900 ppm in 4 samples. High levels of antimony and chromium were also detected in some samples.

The assorted samples were procured for P20 to 350 each from lucky charms stores and street vendors in Binondo, Divisoria, and Quiapo, Manila.

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NOT LUCKY | EcoWaste Coalition says some feng shui amulets and charms contaminated