Tattoo or permanent make-up ink – Derma International “#BB Best Black”

Serious risk Chemical

Product

Tattoo or permanent make-up ink

Brand

Derma International (2 alerts)

Name

#BB Best Black

Batch

Batch: XI 2011; Exp. 12/18

Description

Ink for tattoos or permanent make-up.

Risk

null The ink contains arsenic (measured value: 3.2 mg/kg), lead (measured value: 3.1 mg/kg), cobalt (measured value: 40.6 mg/kg) and nickel (measured value: 53 mg/kg). Arsenic is carcinogenic, exposure to lead is harmful for human health and can cause developmental neurotoxicity and 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 and lead in tattoo inks do not exceed 2 mg/kg, that the level of cobalt in tattoo inks does not exceed 25 mg/kg and that the content of nickel in tattoo inks be as low as technically achievable.

Measures

• Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures · from 19 Apr 2017

Notifying country

The Netherlands

Country of origin

United States

Alert type

Consumer

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