
String lights
Lilla Skyrup
Lighting chainsEnvironment
- Notifying country
- Sweden
- Sold online
- No
What is the danger
The product has an excessive concentration of short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) (measured value up to 0.24% by weight). 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. Prolonged exposure to them through the skin may cause cancer.
Requirements breached
The product does not comply with the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) Regulation.
Measures taken
- Withdrawal of the product from the market Voluntary measuresTaken by: ManufacturerIn force from: 30 September 2024
Product
- Description
- String of LED lights encased in yellow metal spheres.
- Packaging
- Transparent plastic packaging.
- Brand
- Model / type
- Barcode
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- SR/00425/25 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2025-5
- Published
- 28 January 2025
- Modified
- 28 January 2025
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