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Armbrytningsspel electric toy — environment risk

EU Safety GateOther types of alertsEnvironmentSep 13, 2024
Photo from the official notice: Armbrytningsspel electric toy — environment risk
Photo from the official notice: Armbrytningsspel electric toy — environment risk

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

Hazard

The toy has an excessive concentration of short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) and bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) (measured value up to 0.49 % and 1.6 % by weight, respectively).SCCPs persist in the environment, are toxic to aquatic organisms at low concentrations and bio-accumulate in wildlife and humans, posing a risk to human health and the environment.Moreover, DEHP may harm the health by causing possible damage to the reproductive system. The product does not comply with the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) Regulation nor with the Toy Safety Directive.

Measures taken

  • Withdrawal of the product from the market — Importer (01/05/2024)

Product description

Electric toy composed of two plastic figures doing arm-wrestling.

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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