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Earrings “Fashion jewelry”

Serious risk Chemical

Published by Safety Gate 26 Mar 2020In the weekly report of 3 Apr 2020 (week 14, 2020)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 8 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Earrings
Name
Fashion jewelry
Description
Pair of earrings made of white metal with a hoop with rhinestones and a pearl of golden colour.
Risk
The product releases an excessive amount of nickel (measured value: 3.3 µg/cm2/week) and contains an excessive amount of lead and cadmium (measured values up to: 5.5% and 0.16% 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 17 Feb 2020
Notifying country
Luxembourg
Country of origin
Unknown
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/00520/20
Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/00520/20
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2020-14 (XML)
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