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Ryom Digital Hanging Scale — chemical & environment risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChemicalEnvironmentOct 24, 2025
Photo from the official notice: Ryom Digital Hanging Scale — chemical & environment risk
Photo from the official notice: Ryom Digital Hanging Scale — 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 68,8 % by weight). Moreover, the plastic cover of the battery compartment has an excessive concentration of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) and decaBDE (measured values up to 0.,79 % and 0.72% by weight, respectively).  Lead poses a risk to the environment. PBDE might cause neurodevelopmental behavioural defects and is very persistent and bio-accumulative, posing a risk for the environment and human health. In addition, decaBDE might cause neurodevelopmental behavioural defects and is very persistent and bio-accumulative, posing a risk to human health and the environment. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS Directive).

Measures taken

  • Withdrawal of the product from the market — Distributor

Product description

Black hanging scale with orange buttons and a metal hook. Product sold online, in particular via www.gardsservice.se

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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