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Slippers pool shoes — environment risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskEnvironmentJan 5, 2018
Photo from the official notice: Slippers pool shoes — environment risk

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Hazard

The strap of the pool shoes contains 0,8% 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 pollutants (POP Regulation).

Measures taken

  • Warning consumers of the risks — Distributor (31/08/2017)
  • Withdrawal of the product from the market — Importer (30/08/2017)

Product description

Blue pool shoes with white effect on the strap.

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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