EL PASO, Texas, Sept. 1 -- The University of Texas at El Paso issued the following news release:
EL PASO, Texas (Sept. 1, 2026) - Nearly four out of five children's toys purchased in the El Paso-Ciudad Juarez region contain at least one toxic element, according to a new study led by researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso. The findings, just published in the journal Environmental Pollution, represent the first binational screening of hazardous metals in toys sold on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.
"Children are not small adults. Their bodies take in heavy metals more readily than ours do," said Jorge Gardea-Torresdey, Ph.D., professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UTEP and the study's senior author. "And because their o...