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Toiletry bag safety alert: chemical and environment risk

Toiletry bag
Image: Sweden via EU Safety Gate

What's being recalled

Transparent toiletry bag made of soft transparent plastic with a black zipper.

Packaging: Plastic packaging

Country of origin: People's Republic of China.

How to identify it

Safety Gate alert SR/03009/26

Product name on the item: Plastic bag

Type or model: 797417350094

Barcode: 797417350094

The hazard

The plastic material of the product has an excessive concentration of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) (measured values: up to 21.51% and 1.29% by weight, respectively).

DEHP 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

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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