Feng Shui Octagon Headlines

14 ‘feng shui’ charms laden with poison, says coalition

CHINESE New Year lucky charms may not bring luck at all or enhance their owners’ health as some of them contain arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead or mercury that are above tolerable levels, a group warned Sunday.

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Some ‘lucky charms’ toxic, says group

Those lucky charms may not be so lucky, after all. Environmental watchdog EcoWaste Coalition on Sunday advised people to be careful in handling feng shui charms, claiming that 14 out of 30 samples it bought from Binondo District in Manila were found to contain chemicals like arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead and mercury that were “above levels of concern.”

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Cops assure safe Chinese New Year

The Manila Police District yesterday assured a safe celebration of the Chinese New Year today with the deployment of more than 300 policemen in Manila’s Chinatown, the center of the festivities.

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