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Padwer Wireless charging mouse mat mouse pad — chemical & environment risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChemicalEnvironmentJan 10, 2025
Photo from the official notice: Padwer Wireless charging mouse mat mouse pad — chemical & environment risk
Photo from the official notice: Padwer Wireless charging mouse mat mouse pad — chemical & environment risk

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

Hazard

The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 68 % by weight). The plastic has excessive concentrations of DBP and DEHP (measured value up to 2.2 and 2,3 % by weight, respectively) The plastic cable has also excessive concentrations of short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) (measured value up to 2,4 % by weight).Lead poses a risk to the environment.DEHP and DBP pose a risk to human health and the environment, while 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. Prolonged exposure to them through the skin may cause cancer. The product does not comply with the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) Regulation nor 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 REACH Regulation.

Measures taken

  • Withdrawal of the product from the market — Retailer

Product description

Black mouse pad with charging function. Product sold online, in particular via Big Buy.

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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