Sweden
Electrical dance mat game labelled “Wii Dance mat” (sold in a plastic bag) from the People’s Republic of China is affected. It was withdrawn because the solders contain excessive lead and cadmium and the cable plastic contains excessive DEHP and short‑chain chlorinated paraffins, posing risks to human health and the environment and failing RoHS and POP requirements. The product has been withdrawn from the market (voluntary, distributor).
What's being recalled
Electrical dance mat game.
Packaging: Plastic bag
Country of origin: People's Republic of China.
How to identify it
Safety Gate alert SR/02735/26
Product name on the item: Wii Dance mat
The hazard
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead and cadmium (measured value: up to 69.8% and 0.36% by weight, respectively). Lead poses a risk to the environment.
Cadmium bio-accumulates and poses a risk to the environment.
The plastic material of the cable has an excessive concentration of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) (measured value up: 0.53% and 0.95% by weight, respectively).
This phthalates poses a risk to human health and the environment. 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.
The product does not comply with the requirements of the Commission Directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS Directive) nor with the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) Regulation.
What to do
Product withdrawal from market (voluntary, distributor).
The official notice
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