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Earrings safety alert: chemical risk

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Image: Sweden via EU Safety Gate

Silver-coloured leaf earrings (product name on the item: "Silver leaf earrings", type/model QGW02369109, barcode 9322443464395) are affected. They were withdrawn from the market (voluntary, distributor) because they contain an excessive concentration of cadmium (measured value 9.5% by weight), which is harmful to health and does not comply with the REACH Regulation.

What's being recalled

Silver-coloured leaf earrings.

Country of origin: Unknown.

How to identify it

Safety Gate alert SR/02720/26

Product name on the item: Silver leaf earrings

Type or model: QGW02369109

Barcode: 9322443464395

The hazard

The product has an excessive concentration of cadmium (measured value: 9.5 % by weight). Cadmium is harmful to human health because it accumulates in the body, can damage the kidneys and bones and it may cause cancer.

The product does not comply with the REACH Regulation

What to do

Product withdrawal from market (voluntary, distributor).

The official notice

This page is a summary of the notice published by Sweden via EU Safety Gate, collected from EU Safety Gate. Check the original before you act on it.

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