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INTENZE LIGHT GREEN tattoo ink — chemical risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChemicalJan 24, 2020
Photo from the official notice: INTENZE LIGHT GREEN tattoo ink — chemical risk
Photo from the official notice: INTENZE LIGHT GREEN tattoo ink — chemical risk

Photos from the official notice: EU Safety Gate (European Commission) · image rights

Hazard

The product contains the aromatic amines 3,3'-dichlorobenzidine 3,3'-dichlorobiphenyl-4,4'-ylenediamine and o-toluidine (measured values: 35 mg/kg and 34 mg/kg, respectively). These aromatic amines may cause cancer and dichlorbenzidine is also a skin sensitiser and could trigger allergic reactions.The Council of Europe Resolution ResAP (2008)1 on requirements and criteria for the safety of tattoos and permanent make-up, recommends that aromatic amines with carcinogenic mutagenic, reprotoxic or sensitising properties should neither be present in tattoos and permanent make-up products nor released from azo-colourants.

Measures taken

  • Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures — Importer (26/11/2019)

Product description

29,6 ml of green tattoo ink in a transparent plastic bottle fitted with a dispensing nozzle and a screw-top.

What should I do?

If you own this product, stop using it and check the official notice for what the seller or authority advises (return, refund, repair or disposal). Measures listed here were reported by national authorities to the EU Safety Gate system.

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