Shower curtain
Unknown
- Case number
- A12/1266/15
- Category
- Other - -
- Type / Model
- 88-1061
- Batch
- 12134980000001
- Audience
- Consumer
- Notifying country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Country of origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- Published
- 2015-10-23
⚠️ Risk
null The transparent plastic window contains cadmium (measured value 1.13% by weight). Cadmium is harmful to human health, because it accumulates in the body and can damage organs and may also cause cancer. Furthermore, it contains also short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) (measured value up to 0,49 % by weight). 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 the environment. The product does not comply with the REACH Regulation and the Regulation on persistent organic pollutants (POP Regulation).
Measures
Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the marketDate of entry into force: Unknown