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EU Safety Gate · Report-2021-12

Sticks Jewelry Charm Earrings Good quality New arrive 2017 Trend fashion women earrings

The product releases an excessive amount of nickel (measured value up to 0.09 μg/cm²/week). Nickel is a strong sensitiser and can cause allergic reactions if present in articles that come into direct and prolonged contact with the skin. The product contains an excessive amount of cadmium (measured value 24% by weight). 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.

Published
26 March 2021
Notifying authority
Sweden
Catalog checked
30 July 2026
What should you do?

Check the authority measure and original alert.

Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other. Category of measure(s): Written advice. Date of entry into force: Unknown. Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Distributor. Category of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market. Date of entry into force: Unknown

Official source alert
Safety Gate reference
A12/00417/21
Category
Jewellery
Risk type
Chemical
Country of origin
Not published

Round metal earrings. The product was sold online, in particular via Amazon.