EUROPE: Harmful chemicals foul Euro 2012 football shirts
By Leonie Barrie | 6 June 2012
Europe's consumer watchdog has warned football fans could be putting their health at risk after tests showed some team shirts contain harmful and toxic substances including lead - with the Poland strip so contaminated it should be "banned outright".
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