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Exercise ball safety alert: chemical risk

Exercise ball
Image: Sweden via EU Safety Gate

A purple exercise/yoga ball marketed as Exercise ball Flintronic 25 cm mini pilatesboll (type/model 3352463/D20011923), made of soft PVC and sold in plastic packaging from the People’s Republic of China, is affected. It was removed from the online marketplace because its plastic contains 0.15% by weight diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP), which may cause possible damage to the reproductive system (including harm to children); the distributor voluntarily removed the product from the online marketplace.

What's being recalled

Purple yoga ball made pf soft PVC.

Packaging: Plastic packaging.

Country of origin: People's Republic of China.

How to identify it

Safety Gate alert SR/02730/26

Product name on the item: Exercise ball Flintronic 25 cm mini pilatesboll

Type or model: 3352463/D20011923

The hazard

The plastic material of the product has an excessive concentration of diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP) (measured value 0.15% by weight). This phthalate may harm the health by causing possible damage to the reproductive system and may harm the health of children, causing possible damage to their reproductive system.

The product does not comply with the REACH Regulation.

What to do

Removal from online marketplace (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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