Around 18% of sports equipment still falling foul of EU laws
13/12/2023
Most were targeted at consumers, ECHA explained, with 18% falling foul of EU law. Lead and phthalates were among the hazardous chemicals detected to be present in “excessive levels” by ECHA Forum members.
Around 15% of footwear, clothing, handbags, jewellery and other accessories were deemed non-compliant, it went on to say. This was due to the amount of phthalates, cadmium and lead used in their manufacture.
Meanwhile, 18% of sports equipment such as bicycle gloves, balls, yoga mats and rubber-handled articles similarly showed excessive levels of short-chain chlorinated paraffins or SCCPs and phthalates in soft plastic, plus polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in rubber, ECHA added.
Non-compliance was greater among products originating from outside the European Economic Area or whose origin was unknown.
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