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Social Shower Curtain — environment risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskEnvironmentOct 23, 2015
Photo from the official notice: Social Shower Curtain — environment risk

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

Hazard

The transparent plastic window contains cadmium (measured value 1.13% by weight). Cadmium is harmful to human health, because it accumulates in the body and can damage organs and may also cause cancer. Furthermore, it contains also short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) (measured value up to 0,49 % by weight). 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 the environment. The product does not comply with the REACH Regulation and the Regulation on persistent organic pollutants (POP Regulation).

Measures taken

  • Withdrawal of the product from the market — Other

Product description

Shower curtain with design similar to a Facebook webpage. White and blue. The product has a transparent plastic window. "Social shower curtain" is printed in white on blue background on top of the curtain.

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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