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GoneDriving Magnetic Telescope Pick-Up Torch / Magnetisk gripeve — environment risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskEnvironmentFeb 28, 2020
Photo from the official notice: GoneDriving Magnetic Telescope Pick-Up Torch / Magnetisk gripeve — environment risk
Photo from the official notice: GoneDriving Magnetic Telescope Pick-Up Torch / Magnetisk gripeve — environment risk
Photo from the official notice: GoneDriving Magnetic Telescope Pick-Up Torch / Magnetisk gripeve — environment risk
Photo from the official notice: GoneDriving Magnetic Telescope Pick-Up Torch / Magnetisk gripeve — environment risk

Photos from the official notice: EU Safety Gate (European Commission) · image rights

Hazard

The solders in the product contain an excessive amount of lead (measured value: 63.5 % by weight). Also, the batteries included in the product contain mercury and lead (measured values: 0.223 % and 0.006 % by weight, respectively).Lead poses a risk to the environment.Mercury bio-accumulates, is one of the most hazardous toxicants to the environment and is, through it, a threat to human health. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Batteries and Accumulators Directive and the Commission Directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS 2 Directive).

Measures taken

  • Removal of this product listing by the online marketplace — Other
  • Warning consumers of the risks — Distributor

Product description

Flexible telescopic torch in different colours, 15 cm long, with a magnet at its end. The product was also sold online.

What should I do?

If you own this product, stop using it and check the official notice for what the seller or authority advises (return, refund, repair or disposal). Measures listed here were reported by national authorities to the EU Safety Gate system.

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