At the flea market app giant "Mercari", pumice stones that seemed to have washed ashore on the coast of Okinawa Prefecture were exhibited one after another, but they were banned from the 8th because "the ingredients of the pumice stones are unknown and the safety is unknown". Did.
At Mercari, a major flea market app that allows individuals to buy and sell goods via the Internet, there were a number of cases where pumice stones that seemed to have washed ashore on the coast of Okinawa Prefecture were exhibited from the end of last month.
In some cases, one pumice stone was sold for 2,500 yen.
Under these circumstances, "Mercari" will be banned from listing from the 8th as "the ingredients of pumice stone are unknown and the safety is unknown", and if the listing is confirmed in the future, it will be deleted from the site.
On the other hand, Okinawa Prefecture investigated the components of pumice stones washed ashore on the coast of Yomitan Village in the central part of the main island, and found that the components such as cadmium and lead were below the environmental standard values set by the government.
On top of that, the prefecture is calling out, "We are at the stage of investigating the components of pumice stones that have drifted to other places. Now, please refrain from picking up pumice stones for private use."