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Bicycle repair set (rubber solution, tyre levers, spanner, and several plasters)

Serious risk Chemical

Published by Safety Gate 8 Feb 2007In the weekly report of 9 Feb 2007 (week 5, 2007)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 8 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Bicycle repair set (rubber solution, tyre levers, spanner, and several plasters)
Brand
Unknown
Type / model
Article number 009198, EAN 8711938104013
Risk
The product poses a serious chemical risk, if consumers had skin contact with the product or inhale the vapour, because the rubber solution contains > 60% of benzene. Benzene is classified as carcinogenic (category I), mutagenic (category II) and toxic. In addition, the labelling is incorrect and incomplete :- benzene is not listed;- the product must be classified as toxic and highly flammable;- a number of mandatory risk and safety sentences are absent;- the content (volume) was not indicated.
Measures
  • Voluntary withdrawal from the market by the importer
Notifying country
The Netherlands
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0122/07
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2007-5 (XML)
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