Unknown · Children's rubber sandals

The products pose a chemical risk because they contain bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP), and there is migration of lead: - the blue butterfly sandal – from 1.6 to 17.6% by weight of DBP and 0.86 – 2% by weight of DEHP- the green butterfly sandal – from 2 to 11.3% by weight of DBP and 0.83% by weight of DEHP- in all the sandals except the green butterfly model acetophenone (CAS: 98-86-2) and 2-phenyl-2-propanol (CAS: 617-94-7), detected. All of the abovementioned substances are dangerous and classified as harmful for human beings, affecting reproduction and causing irritation to the skin, eyes and airways (absorption through the skin), and some of them are treated as mutagenic factors.

Published: 22 May 2009
Notifying authority: Poland
Catalog checked: 30 July 2026

What should you do?

Check the authority measure and original alert.

Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other. Category of measure(s): Import rejected by the customs authorities.. Date of entry into force: Unknown

Official source alert

Product identification

Safety Gate reference: 0659/09
Model: ART. KVA 3790, ART. HY-128A, ART. 117, ART NO 703A, CVA-880.

Classification

Category: Clothing, textiles and fashion items
Risk type: Chemical
Country of origin: People's Republic of China

Product description

Five types of product: - blue and green, with open toes and butterfly-shaped uppers,- black with covered toes and a strap below the ankle, - violet with covered toes and a strap below the ankle, and - blue with open toes and a picture of a rabbit on the upper.