
Rubber solution in bicycle repair kit
BICYCLE GEAR
Chemical productsChemical
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- The Netherlands
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
What is the danger
The product poses a chemical risk because it contains 18.4 m/m% of benzene and more then 50 m/m% of toluene. Benzene is classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic and toxic. Toluene is classified as reprotoxic and harmful. According to the Chemical Restrictions Directive, benzene and toluene are prohibited in consumer products at levels above 0.1%.
Measures taken
- Stop of sales, withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers by the distributor. Voluntary measuresTaken by: Other
- Administrative fine ordered by the authorities. Compulsory measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- 64 Pcs Repair Kit. The clear plastic box includes a metal tube containing approx 20 ml of rubber solution. The tube is labelled in 4 languages “Glue-Leim-Lijm-Colle”. The clear plastic box also includes several bicycle spare-parts.
- Brand
- Model / type
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 0441/08 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2008-15
- Published
- 17 April 2008
© European Union, Safety Gate · https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/-13495
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