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Electric neck massager safety alert: environment risk

Electric neck massager
Image: Sweden via EU Safety Gate

What's being recalled

Wireless electric neck massager with a USB cable.

Packaging: Plastic bag.

Country of origin: People's Republic of China.

How to identify it

Safety Gate alert SR/02986/26

The hazard

The plastic material of the cable has an excessive concentration of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP) and short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs)

DEHP and DBP pose 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. Prolonged exposure to them through the skin may cause cancer.

The product does not comply with the requirements of the Directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS 2 Directive) nor with the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) Regulation.

What to do

Product withdrawal from market (voluntary, distributor).

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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