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Garland Products Limited Pop up cloche for grow bed cloche cover (garden equipment) — environment risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskEnvironmentDec 18, 2015
Photo from the official notice: Garland Products Limited Pop up cloche for grow bed cloche cover (garden equipment) — environment risk
Photo from the official notice: Garland Products Limited Pop up cloche for grow bed cloche cover (garden equipment) — environment risk

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

Hazard

The transparent plastic material of the product contains 0.4% 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 — Distributor (26/11/2015)

Product description

A cloche made of transparent PVC 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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