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Royal Gardineer solar watering system — chemical & environment risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChemicalEnvironmentMar 7, 2025
Photo from the official notice: Royal Gardineer solar watering system — chemical & environment risk
Photo from the official notice: Royal Gardineer solar watering system — chemical & environment risk

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

Hazard

The PVC hose has an excessive concentration of short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) and dibutyl phthalate (DBP) (measured values: 17 % and 6.4% 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. Prolonged exposure to them through the skin may cause cancer. Moreover, DBP 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 REACH Regulation.

Measures taken

  • Recall of the product from end users — Importer (03/02/2025)

Product description

Solar watering system with a solar module, a PVC hose and various plug parts. Product sold online, in particular via pearl.de.

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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