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Water balloons – Out Of the Blue “WATER BOMBS”

Serious risk Chemical

Published by Safety Gate 5 Jul 2018In the weekly report of 13 Jul 2018 (week 28, 2018)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 2 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Water balloons
Brand
Out Of the Blue (30 alerts)
Brand as notified
Out of the Blue
Name
WATER BOMBS
Type / model
43/8998
Batch
4029811250547
Barcode
4029811250547
Description
Small transparent bag containing 100 water balloons of different colours.
Risk
The amount of nitrosatable substances released by the balloons is too high (measured value up to 1.78 mg/kg). Nitrosamines can be carcinogenic via inhalation, ingestion or dermal exposure.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive.
Measures
  • Withdrawal of the product from the market · by the distributor · from 20 Jun 2018
Notifying country
France
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/0931/18Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/0931/18
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/0931/18
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2018-028 (XML)
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