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Wangyi SUPER Totem Black tattoo ink — chemical risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChemicalApr 18, 2025
Photo from the official notice: Wangyi SUPER Totem Black tattoo ink — chemical risk
Photo from the official notice: Wangyi SUPER Totem Black tattoo ink — chemical risk
Photo from the official notice: Wangyi SUPER Totem Black tattoo ink — chemical risk

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

Hazard

The product has an excessive concentration of lead (measured value: 0.0002% by weight). Lead is harmful to human health, accumulates in the body and may affect breast-fed or unborn children. Moreover, the product has an excessive concentration of benzo[a]pyrene and naphthalene (measured values: 0.0001% and 0.0004 by weight, respectively). Benzo[a]pyrene is a polycyclic-aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH), which may cause cancer and is also mutagenic and toxic for reproduction. Naphthalene is irritant if inhaled or in contact with skin and might cause cancer The product does not comply with the REACH Regulation.

Measures taken

  • Withdrawal of the product from the market — Distributor (17/03/2025)

Product description

Tattoo ink. Product sold online, in particular via Amazon.

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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