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Cur Aqua shower hose — environment risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskEnvironmentJul 3, 2015
Photo from the official notice: Cur Aqua shower hose — environment risk
Photo from the official notice: Cur Aqua shower hose — environment risk

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

Hazard

The plastic material of the product contains up to 4,7% by weight short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs). The placing on the market and use of articles containing SCCPs is banned.SCCPs persist in the environment, are toxic to aquatic organisms at low concentrations and bioaccumulate in wildlife and humans, posing a risk to human health and the environment.The product does not comply with the Regulation on persistent organic polutants (POP Regulation).

Measures taken

  • Withdrawal of the product from the market — Other (29/05/2015)

Product description

1,5 m shower hose in white plastic.

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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