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Kuro Sumi Kuro Sumi Tattoo Outlining Ink tattoo ink — chemical risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChemicalJan 25, 2013
Photo from the official notice: Kuro Sumi Kuro Sumi Tattoo Outlining Ink tattoo ink — chemical risk
Photo from the official notice: Kuro Sumi Kuro Sumi Tattoo Outlining Ink tattoo ink — chemical risk

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

Hazard

The product poses a chemical risk because it contains 7 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) (20.13 mg/kg), with a benzo[a]pyrene content of 0.34 mg/kg, which is classified as carcinogenic.According to the Council of Europe Resolution ResAP (2008) on requirements and criteria for the safety of tattoos and permanent make-up, PAH shall not exceed a concentration of 0.5 ppm.

Product description

Packaging: the sample was provided in two colourless glass containers with metal screw-on caps.

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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