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Power Truck WRK toy excavator — environment risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskEnvironmentMay 5, 2023
Photo from the official notice: Power Truck WRK toy excavator — environment risk
Photo from the official notice: Power Truck WRK toy excavator — environment risk
Photo from the official notice: Power Truck WRK toy excavator — environment risk

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

Hazard

The product has an excessive concentration of lead in the solders on the USB printed circuit boards (PCBs) used in the toy (measured value, up to 78% by weight). Lead poses a risk to the environment. Moreover, the solders on the engine have an excessive concentration of cadmium (measured value up to 0.15% by weight).Cadmium bio-accumulates and poses a risk to the environment. The product 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).

Measures taken

  • Withdrawal of the product from the market — Importer (06/10/2022)

Product description

Yellow electrical toy excavator. The product is 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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