Water bombs
Summer play
ToysChemical
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- France
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
What is the danger
The rubber of the balloons releases an excessive amount of nitrosamines (above the limits of 1 mg/kg). Nitrosamines may cause cancer through ingestion or dermal exposure. A child could be exposed to them when touching or putting the product in the mouth.
Requirements breached
The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive nor with the European standard EN 71-12.
Measures taken
- Withdrawal of the product from the market Voluntary measuresTaken by: Retailer
- Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: RetailerIn force from: 21 June 2022
Product
- Description
- Batch of 150 small colourful balloons to be filled with water.
- Packaging
- Transparent plastic bag closed by cardboard label.
- Brand
- Model / type
- Barcode
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/01711/22 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2022-48
- Published
- 30 November 2022
- Modified
- 21 December 2022
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