Tattoo ink “Premium Tattoo Ink - Tomato is Red”
Serious risk Chemical
- Product
- Tattoo ink
- Brand
- Unknown
- Name
- Premium Tattoo Ink - Tomato is Red
- Batch
- production date 25/02/14
- Description
- Set of 10 different coloured tattoo ink in 15 ml bottles.
- Risk
- null The product contains cadmium (measured value: 0.54 mg/kg), lead (measured value: 19.76 mg/kg) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)s, including benzo(a)pyrene (measured values: 153 ug/kg for benzo(a)pyrene; total of PAHs: 1.45 mg/kg). Cadmium accumulates in the body and can cause damage to bones and kidneys if absorbed from the tattoo and exposure to lead is harmful for human health and can cause developmental neurotoxicity. Some PAHs are carcinogenic. Benzo(a)pyrene is a carcinogenic PAH.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 lead in tattoo inks do not exceed 2 mg/kg, that the level of cadmium does not exceed 0.2 mg/kg, that the level of benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) does not exceed 0.005 mg/kg and the total amount ofPAHs do not exceed 0.5 mg/kg.
- Measures
- Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures · from 19 Apr 2017
- Notifying country
- The Netherlands
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Alert type
- Consumer
- Photos
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