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Bathing shoes – Playshoes

Serious risk Chemical

Published by Safety Gate 2 Sep 2010In the weekly report of 3 Sep 2010 (week 35, 2010)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 8 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Bathing shoes
Brand
Playshoes (7 alerts)
Type / model
EAN code: 4010952256031, Article No: 173910
Description
Bathing sandals made out of soft, transparent plastic, with buckle, structured soles, shoe length: 15.5 cm, size: 22/23.
Risk
The product poses a chemical risk because it contains 0.7% by weight of dibutyl phthalate (DBP), 4.5-4.7% by weight of bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and 21,1-21,2 of di-"isobutyl" phthalate.The bathing shoes may be worn by a child on its naked feet during long hours (at the beach) in the hot sunshine. The child's feet would thus be in intense contact with the plastic of the shoes, and thus the child's exposure to phthalates could be very high.
Measures
  • Voluntary withdrawal from the market by the distributor
Notifying country
Germany
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 1131/10
Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.

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Other alerts for Playshoes

Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 1131/10
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2010-35 (XML)
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