EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Electrical appliances and equipment
Air purifier Feelanture — risk: environment, health risk / other
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. SR/00294/25
Summary
The product generates high amounts of ozone. At high concentration, ozone can damage the respiratory tract.Moreover, the solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 48.6 % by weight). Lead poses a risk to the environment. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive and the Directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous…
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Product
Air purifier — Feelanture
- Brand
- Feelanture
- Name / model
- QGW0598246
- Category
- Electrical appliances and equipment
- Air purifier made of white plastic. Product sold online, in particular via fyndiq.se.
- Recall information: https://fyndiq.se/fyndiq/aterkallelser/
What is the risk?
- The product generates high amounts of ozone. At high concentration, ozone can damage the respiratory tract.Moreover, the solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 48.6 % by weight). Lead poses a risk to the environment. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive and the Directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS 2 Directive) nor the European standard EN 60335-2-65.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: 05/11/2024
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