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Outdoor lighting string — chemical & environment risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChemicalEnvironmentJul 1, 2022
Photo from the official notice: Outdoor lighting string — chemical & environment risk
Photo from the official notice: Outdoor lighting string — chemical & environment risk
Photo from the official notice: Outdoor lighting string — chemical & environment risk
Photo from the official notice: Outdoor lighting string — chemical & environment risk

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

Hazard

The cable of the product has an excessive concentration of diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP) (measured value up to 4.3% by weight).This phthalate may harm the health of children, possibly causing damage to the reproductive system.The product contains short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) (measured value up to 1.2% by weight).SCCPs persist in the environment, are toxic to aquatic organisms at low concentrations and bioaccumulate in wildlife and humans, posing a risk to human health and the environment. The article does not comply with the requirements of the Directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS 2 Directive) nor with the Regulation on persistent organic pollutants (POP Regulation).

Measures taken

  • Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures — Other (25/03/2022)
  • Withdrawal of the product from the market — Distributor (25/03/2022)

Product description

Outdoor lighting string. The product was sold online, in particular via Wish.

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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