EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Electrical appliances and equipment
Hair-straighteners WAHL PROFESSIONAL “Professional Ceramic Hair Straightener” — risk: environment
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1666/15
Summary
null Certain solders on the PCB contain lead (measured value up to 2.09%). The product does not comply with the requirements of the directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electric and electronic equipment (RoHS 2).
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Product
Hair-straighteners — WAHL PROFESSIONAL
- Brand
- WAHL PROFESSIONAL
- Name / model
- Professional Ceramic Hair Straightener · 4417, Part No. 4417-047,Styling Series
- Batch number(s)
- EAN 4015110011699
- Category
- Electrical appliances and equipment
- Hair straighteners packed in a box marked with multilingual information.
What is the risk?
- null Certain solders on the PCB contain lead (measured value up to 2.09%). The product does not comply with the requirements of the directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electric and electronic equipment (RoHS 2).
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: 18/11/2015
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Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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