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SkyLanterns.com sky lantern "wire free sky lanterns" — chemical risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChemicalJun 1, 2012
Photo from the official notice: SkyLanterns.com sky lantern "wire free sky lanterns" — chemical risk

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

Hazard

The product poses a chemical risk because the strings contain chrysotile asbestos fibres. The product does not comply with the REACH regulation.

Product description

Sky lantern in plastic wrapping, with fuel source connected to frame via chrysotile asbestos containing string.

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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