EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Toys
Plastic toy with accessories YAO Chang — risk: chemical
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1209/12
Summary
null The product poses a chemical risk because the wheels and the figures contain respectively 3 % and 0.6 % by weight of bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and 3.0 % and 4.0 % of di-isononyl phthalate (DINP). According to the REACH Regulation the phthalates DEHP, DBP and BBP are prohibited in all toys and childcare articles, while phthalates DINP, DIDP and DNOP are prohibited in toys or childcare articles that can…
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Product
- Plastic toy with accessories. Each set which is packed in a cardboard box with a plastic front contains two formula-1 toy cars of different teams, four toy figures and accessories for changing tyres. Attached to the back of the cardboard packaging is an adhesive label bearing warnings in the languag
What is the risk?
- null The product poses a chemical risk because the wheels and the figures contain respectively 3 % and 0.6 % by weight of bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and 3.0 % and 4.0 % of di-isononyl phthalate (DINP). According to the REACH Regulation the phthalates DEHP, DBP and BBP are prohibited in all toys and childcare articles, while phthalates DINP, DIDP and DNOP are prohibited in toys or childcare articles that can be placed in the mouth by children.
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