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Behr angelsport fishing gloves — chemical & environment risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChemicalEnvironmentNov 8, 2019
Photo from the official notice: Behr angelsport fishing gloves — chemical & environment risk
Photo from the official notice: Behr angelsport fishing gloves — chemical & environment risk

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

Hazard

The plastic on the wrist-band contains short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) (measured value up to 0.25% by weight). The product also contains 0.08 % by weight of lead. 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.Lead is harmful to human health, accumulates in the body, can cause developmental neurotoxicity and may also affect breast-fed or unborn children.The product does not comply with the Regulation on persistent organic pollutants (POP Regulation) and with the REACH Regulation.

Measures taken

  • Withdrawal of the product from the market — Distributor
  • Recall of the product from end users — Distributor

Product description

Black velcro gloves with "behr" printed all over them

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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