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Lawson chair bag safety alert: chemical and environment risk

Chair bag
Image: Norway via EU Safety Gate

What's being recalled

Green rucksack for fishing, 20 litre. Includes a chair to sit on. Chair height 43cm.

Country of origin: People's Republic of China.

How to identify it

Safety Gate alert SR/02888/26

Product name on the item: Lawson Stolsekk 20l M/ryggstøtte stolhøyde 43cm

Barcode: 7070795030196

The hazard

The plastic material of the product contains an excessive amount of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and dibutyl phthalate (DBP) (measured values up to: 28.85 % and 0.41% by weight, respectively).

These phthalates may harm the health of children, causing possible damage to their reproductive system.

Moreover, the product has an excessive concentration of short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) (measured value up to 2.65% by weight).

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 REACH Regulation nor with the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) Regulation.

What to do

Product withdrawal from market (voluntary, importer).

The official notice

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

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