EU Safety Gate · Report-2015-042
Unknown · Social Shower Curtain
The transparent plastic window contains cadmium (measured value 1.13% by weight). Cadmium is harmful to human health, because it accumulates in the body and can damage organs and may also cause cancer. Furthermore, it contains also short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) (measured value up to 0,49 % by weight). The placing on the market and use of articles containing SCCPs is banned. SCCPs persist in the environment, are toxic to aquatic organisms at low concentrations and bioaccumulate in wildlife and humans, posing a risk to the environment. The product does not comply with the REACH Regulation and the Regulation on persistent organic pollutants (POP Regulation).
- Published
- 23 October 2015
- Notifying authority
- Sweden
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
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Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other. Category of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- A12/1266/15
- Model
- 88-1061
- Batch
- 12134980000001
Classification
- Category
- Other - -
- Risk type
- Environment
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
Product description
Shower curtain with design similar to a Facebook webpage. White and blue. The product has a transparent plastic window. "Social shower curtain" is printed in white on blue background on top of the curtain.