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Mes belles couleurs Gouaches aux doigts finger paint — chemical risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChemicalDec 6, 2024
Photo from the official notice: Mes belles couleurs Gouaches aux doigts finger paint — chemical risk
Photo from the official notice: Mes belles couleurs Gouaches aux doigts finger paint — chemical risk

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

Hazard

The white, blue, red and black paintings have an excessive concentration of methylisothiazolinone (MI)(measured values: up to 2.8 mg/kg). MI causes severe skin burns and eye damage (if in contact with the eyes), and may cause an allergic skin reaction. In addition, the green painting has an excessive concentration of formaldehyde (measured value: 0.25 mg/kg). Formaldehyde is a skin sensitiser and can trigger allergic reactions and may cause cancer. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive nor with the European standards EN 71-3 and EN 71-7.

Measures taken

  • Recall of the product from end users — Retailer (30/09/2024)
  • Withdrawal of the product from the market — Retailer (30/09/2024)

Product description

A set of six finger paint bottles of 250 ml. It includes the colours white, blue, yellow, red, black and green.

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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