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Handbag – River Island

Serious risk Chemical, Environment

Published by Safety Gate 14 Feb 2018In the weekly report of 23 Feb 2018 (week 8, 2018)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 4 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Handbag
Brand
River Island (6 alerts)
Type / model
RI951H07J-Q11
Batch
5057085687331
Barcode
5057085687331
Description
Black handbag with metallic detail.
Risk
The synthetic leather contains short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) (measured value up to 0.512%) and lead (measured value up to 0.15% by weight). SCCPs persist in the environment, are toxic to aquatic organisms at low concentrations and bioaccumulate in wildlife and humans, posing a risk to human health and the environment. Exposure to lead can result in severe and irreversible neuro-behavioural and neuro-developmental effects.The product does not comply with the Regulation on persistent organic pollutants (POP Regulation) and the REACH regulation.
Measures
  • Withdrawal of the product from the market · by the distributor
Notifying country
Sweden
Country of origin
Unknown
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/0246/18
Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.

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Other alerts for River Island

Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/0246/18
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2018-008 (XML)
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