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Coolstuff Hot Pack — environment risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskEnvironmentDec 1, 2017
Photo from the official notice: Coolstuff Hot Pack — environment risk
Photo from the official notice: Coolstuff Hot Pack — environment risk

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

Hazard

The product poses a risk for the environment because the plastic in the heat pack contains up to 0.4 % short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCP). 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 Commission Regulation 850/2004 on persistent organic pollutants (POP Regulation).

Measures taken

  • Withdrawal of the product from the market — Importer

Product description

Hot pack formed as a heart, red, packaging in transparent 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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