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Tattoo ink INTENZE, Advanced Tattoo Ink “DESERT SAND MEDIUM” — risk: chemical
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/00096/20
Summary
The product contains the aromatic amine o-anisidine (measured value: 10.3 mg/kg) and an excessive amount of barium and cadmium (measured values: 324 mg/kg and 0.33 mg/kg, respectively). O-anisidine may cause cancer.Barium can be easily absorbed and have toxic effects on the body impairing muscle, kidney and heart activity, leading to arrythmia, paralysis or gastrointestinal alterations.Cadmium is harmful to human…
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Product
Tattoo ink — INTENZE, Advanced Tattoo Ink
- Brand
- INTENZE, Advanced Tattoo Ink
- Name / model
- DESERT SAND MEDIUM · 1036C06716K26130050, ST1067DSM
- Batch number(s)
- Batch: W128Y83O78B83IMX40Exp 10/31/2021Lot: SS245
- Category
- Chemical products
- 29,6 ml of light brown tattoo ink in a transparent plastic bottle fitted with a dispensing nozzle and a screw-top.
What is the risk?
- The product contains the aromatic amine o-anisidine (measured value: 10.3 mg/kg) and an excessive amount of barium and cadmium (measured values: 324 mg/kg and 0.33 mg/kg, respectively). O-anisidine may cause cancer.Barium can be easily absorbed and have toxic effects on the body impairing muscle, kidney and heart activity, leading to arrythmia, paralysis or gastrointestinal alterations.Cadmium is harmful to human health because it accumulates in the body, can damage the kidney and bones, and it may cause cancer.The Council of Europe Resolution ResAP (2008)1 on requirements and criteria for the safety of tattoos and permanent make-up, recommends that aromatic amines with carcinogenic mutagenic, reprotoxic or sensitising properties should neither be present in tattoos and permanent make-up products nor released from azo-colourants and that barium does not exceed 50 mg/kg or cadmium 0.2 mg/kg.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: ImporterCategory of measure(s): Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures
- Date of entry into force: 25/11/2019
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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