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Eternal Ink Brown tattoo ink — chemical risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChemicalJan 25, 2019
Photo from the official notice: Eternal Ink Brown tattoo ink — chemical risk
Photo from the official notice: Eternal Ink Brown tattoo ink — chemical risk
Photo from the official notice: Eternal Ink Brown tattoo ink — chemical risk

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

Hazard

The product contains arsenic (measured value: 8.1 mg/kg), nickel (measured value: 24 mg/kg) and zinc (measured value: 170 mg/kg). Arsenic is carcinogenic. Nickel can cause skin irritation and induce sensitisation or elicit allergic responses.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 arsenic in tattoo inks do not exceed 2 mg/kg, the levels of zinc in tattoo inks do not exceed 50 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 — Importer (31/12/2018)

Product description

30-ml bottle of brown tattoo ink.

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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