The following is the speech delivered by Yuan Lin, Product Manager of Toxics-Free Corps AI Assistant, at the China Foundation Development Forum - AI Empowering the New Public Welfare Ecosystem Parallel Forum on November 23, 2024.
Parents and those pursuing a green lifestyle, are you always worried about buying products with excessive levels of toxic and hazardous substances like formaldehyde, phthalates, and heavy metals when buying daily necessities? Today, we'd like to introduce you to a helpful assistant that can help you identify these "toxic substances"—the Toxics-Free Corps AI Assistant!
Subtitle: Popular brand lookalike sandals exceeded phthalate limits by 359 times; free “squishy” toy (also called “Nie-Nie-Le”) contained toxic TVOCs
This was a plea for help from a reader in Huizhou, Guangdong, who has been following the Toxics-Free Corps WeChat official account for a long time.
On June 7–8, 2025, Toxics-Free Corps joined the “Forest Slow Journey” — the Jingcao Carnival — at Beijing’s Xishan Forest Park, a truly one-of-a-kind event.
