Skip to content

Eternal Ink Lightning Yellow tattoo ink — chemical risk (A12/0261/19)

EU Safety GateSerious riskChemicalFeb 15, 2019
Photo from the official notice: Eternal Ink Lightning Yellow tattoo ink — chemical risk (A12/0261/19)
Photo from the official notice: Eternal Ink Lightning Yellow tattoo ink — chemical risk (A12/0261/19)
Photo from the official notice: Eternal Ink Lightning Yellow tattoo ink — chemical risk (A12/0261/19)

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

Hazard

The product contains the aromatic amines o-anisidine (measured value: 58 mg/kg) and toluidine (measured value: 78 mg/kg). Aromatic amines can cause cancer, cell mutations and affect reproduction. The Council of Europe Resolution ResAP (2008)1 on requirements and criteria for the safety of tattoos and permanent make-up, recommends that aromatic amines with carcinogenic, mutagenic, reprotoxic or sensitising properties should neither be present in tattoos and permanent make-up products nor released from azo-colourants.

Measures taken

  • Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures — Distributor (21/01/2019)

Product description

30-ml bottle of yellow tattoo pigment.

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.

More from this brand

See all →

Recent alerts in this category

See all →