Chemistry Professor Featured in Associated Press Article

Ashland University Professor of Chemistry Dr. Jeff Weidenhamer was featured in a second Associated Press article regarding cadmium in children’s jewelry. The follow-up article was picked up by media across the country, including the New York Times, USA Today, Time Magazine and WEWS-TV 5 in Cleveland. Following the release of the article, Walmart announced it is pulling an entire line of Miley Cyrus-brand necklaces and bracelets from its shelves after tests performed by Weidenhamer for the Associated Press found the jewelry contained high levels of the toxic metal cadmium.