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Tina Davies Permablend tattoo ink — chemical risk (A12/00105/20)

EU Safety GateSerious riskChemicalJan 24, 2020
Photo from the official notice: Tina Davies Permablend tattoo ink — chemical risk (A12/00105/20)
Photo from the official notice: Tina Davies Permablend tattoo ink — chemical risk (A12/00105/20)

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

Hazard

The product contains the aromatic amine 4-methyl-m-phenylenediamine (measured value: 0.96 mg/kg) and nickel (measured value: 1.5 mg/kg). 4-methyl-m-phenylenediamine is a skin sensitiser and may cause cancer.Nickel can cause skin irritation, induce sensitisation or elicit allergic responses.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 nickel levels are as low as technically achievable.

Measures taken

  • Withdrawal of the product from the market — Retailer (25/10/2019)

Product description

15 ml of grey 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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