EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Clothing, textiles and fashion items
Leather gloves 828189 — risk: chemical
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. 0352/12
Summary
null The product poses a chemical risk because it contains 17.5 – 35.9 – 29.3 mg/kg of Chromium (VI) in various sections of the glove leather. Chromium (VI) is classified as sensitising and may trigger allergic reactions.
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Product
Leather gloves — 828189
- Brand
- 828189
- Name / model
- GTIN 4 038732 802773
- Category
- Clothing, textiles and fashion items
- Medium-brown suede leather gloves; knitted fabric along the seams between the fingers and down the sides; 6 cm-wide cuff made of same fabric; lined with black fleece on a 2 mm-thick dark grey synthetic underlay; brown cardboard label (approx. 6 x 4 cm) in the form of the 'genuine leather' symbol mar
What is the risk?
- null The product poses a chemical risk because it contains 17.5 – 35.9 – 29.3 mg/kg of Chromium (VI) in various sections of the glove leather. Chromium (VI) is classified as sensitising and may trigger allergic reactions.
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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