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Icolor Product for permanent makeup tattoo ink — chemical risk (A12/00114/20)

EU Safety GateSerious riskChemicalJan 24, 2020
Photo from the official notice: Icolor Product for permanent makeup tattoo ink — chemical risk (A12/00114/20)

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Hazard

The product contains the aromatic amines o-anisidine, o-toluidine and 4-methyl-m-phenylenediamine (measured values: 2.0 mg/kg, 1.4 mg/kg and 0.89 mg/kg, respectively. O-anisidine may cause cancer and might induce mutations.O-toluidine is genotoxic and may cause cancer.4-methyl-m-phenylenediamine is a skin sensitiser, may cause cancer and might induce mutations and/or affect fertility.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

  • Withdrawal of the product from the market — Importer (04/11/2019)

Product description

10 ml of brown ink for eyebrow permanent make-up.

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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