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Earrings

Serious risk Chemical

Published by Safety Gate 24 Mar 2020In the weekly report of 3 Apr 2020 (week 14, 2020)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 2 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Earrings
Type / model
Unknown
Batch
Unknown
Barcode
Unknown
Barcodes listed
Unknown (official alert record)
Description
Silver earrings made of metal in the shape of a heart with rhinestones.
Risk
The earring's back releases an excessive amount of nickel (measured value up to: 9.9 µg/cm2/week).Additionally, the pendant of the product contains an excessive amount of lead and cadmium (measured values: 4.70 % and 0.23 % by weight, respectively).Nickel is a strong sensitiser and causes allergic reactions if present in articles that come into direct and prolonged contact with the skin.Lead is harmful to human health, accumulates in the body, can cause developmental neurotoxicity and may affect breast-fed or unborn children.Cadmium is harmful to human health because it accumulates in the body, can damage the kidney and bones and it may cause cancer. The product does not comply with the REACH Regulation.
Measures
  • Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures · ordered on the retailer · from 14 Feb 2020
Notifying country
Luxembourg
Country of origin
Unknown
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/00495/20Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/00495/20
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/00495/20
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2020-14 (XML)
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