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Piercing jewellery — chemical risk (A12/01378/21)

EU Safety GateSerious riskChemicalOct 1, 2021
Photo from the official notice: Piercing jewellery — chemical risk (A12/01378/21)
Photo from the official notice: Piercing jewellery — chemical risk (A12/01378/21)
Photo from the official notice: Piercing jewellery — chemical risk (A12/01378/21)
Photo from the official notice: Piercing jewellery — chemical risk (A12/01378/21)

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

Hazard

The product contains an excessive amount of cadmium (measured values: up to 86% by weight). Cadmium is harmful to human health because it accumulates in the body, can damage the kidney and bones and it may cause cancer.The gold coloured piercings with a dark stone in a skull-shaped encasing contain an excessive amount of lead (measured value: 1.7% by weight). Lead is harmful to human health, accumulates in the body, and may also affect breast-fed or unborn children. The product does not comply with the REACH Regulation.

Measures taken

  • Import rejected at border — Importer (16/09/2021)

Product description

Piercing jewellery in silver or gold colour, in various shapes and decorations (silver coloured with a black bunny; circular silver coloured with transparent stone; gold coloured with a dark stone in a skull-shaped encasing; gold coloured with transparent stone). Product 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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