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Alcohol Tester Digital Breath Alcohol Tester — environment risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskEnvironmentMar 22, 2024
Photo from the official notice: Alcohol Tester Digital Breath Alcohol Tester — environment risk
Photo from the official notice: Alcohol Tester Digital Breath Alcohol Tester — environment risk
Photo from the official notice: Alcohol Tester Digital Breath Alcohol Tester — environment risk

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

Hazard

The solders have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 61.5% by weight). The connection to the battery has an excessive concentration of lead and cadmium (measured values up to 75.4% and 0.48% by weight, respectively).Lead poses a risk to the environment.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 (06/10/2023)

Product description

Battery powered breath alcohol tester. Product 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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