2026. 05. 15. 13:50
Shein encourages overconsumption by offering thousands of new products every day at extremely low prices. However, these low prices come at a heavy cost. In fact, a significant proportion of these products contain potentially toxic and carcinogenic chemicals in concentrations exceeding EU safety limits by many times. Furthermore, the platform’s operations could pose serious data privacy risks as the app could hand over Western customers’ data to Chinese authorities. The company has also been accused of deliberately exploiting regulatory loopholes. In response, the European Union has launched formal proceedings to curb these violations.