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Piggy Paint™ Nail Polish Remover — recall 23570

Health Canada Consumer Product Safety · Canada · 2010-04-19

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Agency
Health Canada Consumer Product Safety
Recall identifier
23570
Date of alert
2010-04-19
Country / jurisdiction
Canada
Risk type
recall
Product category
Beauty and personal care
Product type
Consumer product safety
Notice status
Archived by the issuing authority — kept for reference
Reported risk: A review by Health Canada of this product has found that it contains a high concentration of methyl alcohol, which is toxic by inhalation and ingestion. Symptoms resulting from exposure include headache, dizziness, confusion, shortness of breath, and blurred vision. Methyl alcohol can cause blindness or be fatal if swallowed. This product is mislabelled as "safe", and lacks the warning symbols and hazard statements required on a container housing methyl alcohol. Health Canada has not received any reports of incidents or injuries to Canadians related to the use of these products.
Primary source: https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/piggy-painttm-nail-polish-remo

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