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Children's bag — chemical & environment risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChemicalEnvironmentApr 4, 2025
Photo from the official notice: Children's bag — chemical & environment risk
Photo from the official notice: Children's bag — chemical & environment risk

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

Hazard

The plastic material of the product has an excessive concentration of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP) and dibutyl phthalate (DBP) (measured values: 10.92 %, 0.43 % and 1.32 % by weight, respectively). Moreover, the product has an excessive concentration of cadmium and short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) (measured values up to 0.034 % and 5.7% by weight, respectively). These phthalates may harm the health by causing possible damage to the reproductive system. Cadmium is harmful to human health because it accumulates in the body, can damage the kidneys and bones and it may cause cancer. 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. The product does not comply with the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) Regulation nor with the REACH Regulation.

Measures taken

  • Removal of this product listing by the online marketplace — Distributor (10/01/2025)

Product description

Children's hand bag with a shoulder strap. The front of the bag has a plastic cover/lining with flower-, star- and heart-shaped confetti behind the plastic window. Product sold online, in particular via Temu.

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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