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Earrings — chemical risk (A12/00495/20)

EU Safety GateSerious riskChemicalApr 3, 2020
Photo from the official notice: Earrings — chemical risk (A12/00495/20)
Photo from the official notice: Earrings — chemical risk (A12/00495/20)

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

Hazard

The earring's back releases an excessive amount of nickel (measured value up to: 9.9 µg/cm2/week).Additionally, the pendant of the product contains an excessive amount of lead and cadmium (measured values: 4.70 % and 0.23 % by weight, respectively).Nickel is a strong sensitiser and causes allergic reactions if present in articles that come into direct and prolonged contact with the skin.Lead is harmful to human health, accumulates in the body, can cause developmental neurotoxicity and may affect breast-fed or unborn children.Cadmium is harmful to human health because it accumulates in the body, can damage the kidney and bones and it may cause cancer. The product does not comply with the REACH Regulation.

Measures taken

  • Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures — Retailer (14/02/2020)

Product description

Silver earrings made of metal in the shape of a heart with rhinestones.

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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