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Les Bidules bracelets and earrings sets — chemical risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChemicalFeb 24, 2023
Photo from the official notice: Les Bidules bracelets and earrings sets — chemical risk
Photo from the official notice: Les Bidules bracelets and earrings sets — chemical risk
Photo from the official notice: Les Bidules bracelets and earrings sets — chemical risk

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

Hazard

The product has an excessive concentration of cadmium and lead (measured values: up to 0.005% and 0.4% by weight, respectively), and releases an excessive amount of nickel (measured values: 1.3µg/cm²/week). Cadmium and lead are harmful to human health because they accumulate in the body; furthermore, cadmium can damage the kidneys and bones, and it may cause cancer, while lead can cause developmental neurotoxicity 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

Product description

Different sets of gold- or silver-coloured bracelets with coloured beads, and pairs of earrings (loops with coloured beads, or pendants 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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