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Best Baby Toys Baby & Bathtub doll with accessories — chemical & environment risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChemicalEnvironmentJul 12, 2013
Photo from the official notice: Best Baby Toys Baby & Bathtub doll with accessories — chemical & environment risk
Photo from the official notice: Best Baby Toys Baby & Bathtub doll with accessories — chemical & environment risk

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

Hazard

1) The product poses a chemical risk because the plastic in the doll's head contains up to 40% di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP). The plastic also contains up to 0.36% diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP) and up to 0.16% dibutyl phthalate (DBP). The purple plastic in the shower hose contains up to 3.1% DEHP and 45% DBP. According to the REACH Regulation, the phthalates DEHP, DBP and BBP are prohibited in all toys and childcare articles, while phthalates DINP, DIDP and DNOP are prohibited in toys or childcare articles that can be placed in the mouth by children.2) The product poses an environmental risk (chemical pollution) because the purple plastic in the shower hose contains up to 1.5% short chain chlorinated paraffin (SCCP). The product does not comply with the Commission Regulation 519/2012 on persistent organic pollutants (POP Regulation).

Measures taken

  • Withdrawal of the product from the market — Other (05/06/2013)

Product description

A baby doll made of soft plastic in a blue bathtub made of hard 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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