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Women’s trousers – Waoer-Huidi

Serious risk Chemical

Published by Safety Gate 11 Nov 2010In the weekly report of 12 Nov 2010 (week 45, 2010)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 1 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Women’s trousers
Brand
Waoer-Huidi
Brand as notified
WAOER-HUIDI
Type / model
Article code: R 3006
Description
Light and petrol blue women’s trousers. The beige swing ticket attached to the garment bears a gold crest in bas-relief consisting of a crown over the brand (WEHD), with two crossed swords underneath. The full name of the brand is printed in white, above “Made in China” in black. A red sticker bears the size of the garment.
Risk
The product poses a chemical risk because it contains Hexavalent Chromium, in concentrations varying from 1.6 to 14.1 mg/kg. Given that Oeko Tex Standard 100 states that, to ensure optimum quality, total chromium content should be less than 1 mg/kg for children’s clothing and less than 2 mg/kg for all other clothing, regardless of whether it is in contact with the skin, and that Chromium VI should actually be below the detection threshold, we feel a limit of 5 mg/kg of Chromium VI is a practical threshold beyond which there is a serious risk of allergic contact dermatitis. In support of this, there are clinical studies which indicate that, for leather goods, 50% of sensitive subjects experienced contact dermatitis at this level. By analogy, and given that these articles will be in direct contact with the skin for possibly an entire working day, we believe that they pose a serious risk of allergy to consumers.
Measures
  • Seizure of the products ordered by the authorities
Notifying country
Italy
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 1657/10
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 1657/10
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2010-45 (XML)
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