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Intenze Terra Di Siena tattoo product — chemical risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChemicalMar 9, 2018
Photo from the official notice: Intenze Terra Di Siena tattoo product — chemical risk
Photo from the official notice: Intenze Terra Di Siena tattoo product — chemical risk

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

Hazard

The product contains nickel (86 mg/kg) and lead (11 mg/kg). Nickel can cause skin irritation and induce sensitisation or elicit allergic responses and exposure to lead is harmful for human health and can cause developmental neurotoxicity.The Council of Europe Resolution ResAP (2008)1 on requirements and criteria for the safety of tattoos and permanent make-up recommends that the levels of lead in tattoo inks do not exceed 2 mg/kg and that the content of nickel in tattoo inks be as low as technically achievable.

Measures taken

  • Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures — Distributor (10/01/2018)
  • Withdrawal of the product from the market — Distributor (10/01/2018)

Product description

Reddish-brown tattoo ink in a transparent plastic bottle with label and screw-top with dispensing nozzle; volume: 30 ml.

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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