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Coolstuff plastic ball safety alert: chemical and environment risk

Plastic ball
Image: Sweden via EU Safety Gate

What's being recalled

Black and green plastic ball.

Packaging: Transparent plastic bag.

Country of origin: People's Republic of China.

How to identify it

Safety Gate alert SR/03083/26

Product name on the item: Water-melon ball for the pool

Type or model: 18704

Barcode: 7333251029883

Batch: 113990

The hazard

The plastic material of the product has an excessive concentration of diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP)and short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) (measured values up to 44.3%, 0.06% and 3.77% by weight, respectively).

DIBP may harm the health by causing possible damage to the reproductive system.

SCCPs persist in the environment, are toxic to aquatic organisms at low concentrations and bio-accumulate in wildlife and humans, posing a risk to human health and the environment. Prolonged exposure to them through the skin may cause cancer.

The product does not comply with the REACH Regulation nor with the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) Regulation.

What to do

Product withdrawal from market (voluntary, manufacturer).

The official notice

This page is a summary of the notice published by Sweden via EU Safety Gate, collected from EU Safety Gate. Check the original before you act on it.

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