EU Safety Gate · Report-2024-2
AB Wheel · Power wheel
The product has an excessive concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). These PAHs may cause cancer. The black plastic handle of the product has an excessive concentration of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP) and dibutyl phthalate (DBP), di-‘isononyl’ phthalate (DINP), (measured values: 2.8 %, 0.16%, 0.15 and 0.53 by weight, respectively). In addition, the plastic handle contains an excessive concentration of short chained chlorinated paraffines SCCP (measured value up to: 1.2 % 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 REACH Regulation nor with the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) Regulation.
- Published
- 12 January 2024
- Notifying authority
- Norway
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
Check the authority measure and original alert.
Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Distributor. Category of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market. Date of entry into force: 10/11/2023
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- A12/00020/24
- Batch
- 20210601
- Check-digit validated barcodes
- 20210601 · 5902367972141
Classification
- Category
- Other - Sports article
- Risk type
- Chemical, Environment
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
Product description
Black and red power wheel for exercise with a bar with a black plastic handle, two wheels, a mat to place the wheel on whilst using it. The product is sold online.