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Josie Clarke

Travel essential sold at major online marketplaces sparks safety warning

eBay Electrical Safety First

British holidaymakers have been warned about "highly dangerous" travel adaptors found for sale on major online marketplaces.
Electrical Safety First tested 14 devices from AliExpress, eBay , Amazon Marketplace and TikTok Shop, finding all failed basic safety checks.
The adaptors posed serious risks, including electric shock, electrocution and fire, due to issues like exposed live pins, missing safety shutters and poor material flammability.
More than 10,000 of these unsafe adaptors may have already been sold to UK shoppers, according to available online information.
The implicated online marketplaces have removed the identified listings, and Electrical Safety First advises consumers to purchase adaptors only from reputable retailers.

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