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Eternal Ink Mudslide tattoo ink — chemical risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChemicalJan 24, 2020
Photo from the official notice: Eternal Ink Mudslide tattoo ink — chemical risk

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Hazard

The product contains the aromatic amine o-toluidine (measured value: 42 mg/kg) and an excessive amount of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) (measured total value: 0.6 mg/kg). O-toluidine can cause cancer, cell mutations and affect reproduction.PAHs may cause cancer. 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 and that the levels of impurities of PAHs in tattoo inks do not exceed 0,5 ppm.

Measures taken

  • Withdrawal of the product from the market — Retailer (23/10/2019)

Product description

30 ml of brown tattoo ink. The product was also sold online.

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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