Bookend
Decorative articlesChemical
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- Germany
What is the danger
The product has an excessive concentration of arsenic (measured value 49% by weight ). Arsenic is toxic and may cause cancer, may damage fertility or the unborn child, and cause damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure.
Requirements breached
-
Measures taken
- Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: ManufacturerIn force from: 9 February 2023
Product
- Description
- The bookend is a glass bracket with a mineral in the form of a stone attached with adhesive. The stone consists largely of orpiment and realgar.
- Model / type
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- INFO/00044/23 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2023-16
- Published
- 20 April 2023
- Modified
- 30 May 2023
- Corrigendum
- At the request of the notifying authority, notification A12/00872/23 has been withdrawn as a duplication of A12/00787/23.
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