
Household product rubber solution tube contained in bicycle repair kits
Chemical productsChemical
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- The Netherlands
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
What is the danger
Chemical risk. The rubber solution contains excessive quantities of benzene (95%) instead of the maximum permitted level in consumer products of 0,1%. In case of skin contact and inhalation the substance is classified as carcinogenic (cat. 1) and mutagenic (cat. 2). The repair sets do not comply with the Directive on dangerous substances and preparations.
Measures taken
- Voluntary withdrawal from distribution. Voluntary measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- Household product rubber solution tube contained in bicycle repair kits."Repair set"Brand: a) Wibra Bicycle repair set; b) Arrow Tools Bicycle repair set.Type/number of model: a) N° 1418.0048; EAN 2014180048002; b) UP 100/25; 6547892115664.
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 0488/05 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2005-36
- Published
- 8 September 2005
© European Union, Safety Gate · https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/-1557
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