Agents of the Local Police of La Laguna, in Tenerife, have confiscated almost 900 perfume products and pyrotechnic material in a dozen commercial establishments in the municipality that could contain substances harmful to health and that are prohibited by the European Union (EU).
Among these substances is the compound Butylphenyl Methylpropional (Lilial), about which the EU warns that it can cause carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic effects for reproduction and that has been registered in some seized cosmetic products, as reported this Wednesday by the City Council.
The Councilor for Citizen Security of La Laguna, Cristina Ledesma, explains in a statement that a total of ten minutes and reports related to these inspections have been drawn up and advances that this work plan will continue in the coming weeks in different neighborhoods and centers of the municipality.
Once the material has been analyzed, it will be destroyed or returned to the establishments if it complies with European regulations.
“This first phase of inspections has coincided with the Christmas holiday period, in which purchases of these products increase,” details the mayor, who also recalls that the regulations prohibit the sale of pyrotechnic material to minors, an aspect in which It has also been influenced during the development of these actions.
