Chargeable flashlight “Power torch”
Serious risk Chemical, Environment
- Product
- Chargeable flashlight
- Name
- Power torch
- Description
- Chargeable flashlight with USB. Product sold online.
- Risk
- The solders in the product and the plastic material of the cable have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value: up to 78% an 0.34% by weight, respectively). Lead poses a risk to the environment.The plastic material of the cable has an excessive concentration of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and dibutyl phthalate (DBP) (measured values: up to 1.8% and 3.4% by weight, respectively)DEHP and DBP pose a risk to human health and the environment.The plastic material of the cable has an excessive concentration of short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) (measured values: up to 2.2 % 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 requirements of the Directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS Directive), nor with the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) Regulation.
- Measures
- Withdrawal of the product from the market · by the importer · from 9 Jun 2023
- Notifying country
- Sweden
- Country of origin
- Unknown
- Alert type
- Consumer
- Photos
- Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.
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