EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Other - Sports article
Power wheel AB Wheel — risk: chemical, environment
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/00020/24
Summary
The product has an excessive concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). These PAHs may cause cancer. The black plastic handle of the product has an excessive concentration of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP) and dibutyl phthalate (DBP), di-‘isononyl’ phthalate (DINP), (measured values: 2.8 %, 0.16%, 0.15 and 0.53 by weight, respectively). In addition, the plastic handle…
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Product
Power wheel — AB Wheel
- Brand
- AB Wheel
- Batch number(s)
- 20210601
- Barcode
- 5902367972141
- Category
- Other - Sports article
- Black and red power wheel for exercise with a bar with a black plastic handle, two wheels, a mat to place the wheel on whilst using it. The product is sold online.
What is the risk?
- The product has an excessive concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). These PAHs may cause cancer. The black plastic handle of the product has an excessive concentration of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP) and dibutyl phthalate (DBP), di-‘isononyl’ phthalate (DINP), (measured values: 2.8 %, 0.16%, 0.15 and 0.53 by weight, respectively). In addition, the plastic handle contains an excessive concentration of short chained chlorinated paraffines SCCP (measured value up to: 1.2 % by weight) 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.
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: 10/11/2023
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Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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