Sweden
Purple yoga ball made of soft PVC (packaged in plastic), model/type CSD-UK20250515.390, SP1533PU-2, is withdrawn from the Swedish market. Tests found excessive dibutyl phthalate (DBP) and short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs); DBP may damage the reproductive system (including in children) and SCCPs are persistent, toxic to aquatic life, bioaccumulative and may cause cancer with prolonged skin exposure. The action is product withdrawal from the market (voluntary).
What's being recalled
Purple yoga ball made of soft PVC.
Packaging: Plastic packaging.
Country of origin: Unknown.
How to identify it
Safety Gate alert SR/02723/26
Type or model: CSD-UK20250515.390, SP1533PU-2
The hazard
The plastic material of the product has an excessive concentrations of dibutyl phthalate (DBP) and short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) (measured values: up to 41.94% and 0.62% by weight, respectively).
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.
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
Product withdrawal from market (voluntary, other).
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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