InfoCons Consumer Protection Alert : Plastic package with a black vinyl rain poncho.

Plastic package with a black vinyl rain poncho.

Name: No Name Provided

Category: 10

Date: 2025-10-10

Product Category: Other – Package

Risk Type: Environment

Danger: The plastic material of the packaging has an excessive concentration of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) (measured value up to 18.2 % by weight). The packaging has an excessive concentration of cadmium (measured value up to 0.039 % by weight) and short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) (measured value up to 3.98 % by weight). DEHP 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.. Cadmium is harmful to human health because it accumulates in the body, can damage the kidneys and bones and it may cause cancer. The product does not comply with the REACH Regulation nor with the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) Regulation.

Measures: Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the marketDate of entry into force: 09/06/2025

Description: Plastic package with a black vinyl rain poncho.

Notifying Country: Sweden

Country of Origin: Unknown

Alert Type: Consumer

Alert Level: Serious risk

Plastic package with a black vinyl rain poncho.

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