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EU Safety Gate · Report-2024-37

USB Video Capture Card

The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value: 74% by weight). Lead poses a risk to the environment. The plastic material in the cable has an excessive concentration of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP) and short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) (measured values up to 4%, 0.2%, 0.4% and 4.8 % by weight, respectively). These phthalates may harm the health by causing possible damage to the reproductive system. 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 2 Directive) nor with the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) Regulation.

Published
13 September 2024
Notifying authority
Sweden
Catalog checked
30 July 2026
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Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Importer. Category of measure(s): Request to stop the sales (measure not yet taken). Date of entry into force: Unknown

Official source alert
Safety Gate reference
INFO/00101/24
Model
EC19640-E096
Category
Communication and media equipment
Risk type
Chemical, Environment
Country of origin
Not published

Video capture card. Product sold online.