Bracelet with charms sold online: too much cadmium
The bracelet has too much cadmium, which builds up in the body, can damage the kidneys and bones and may cause cancer, and it does not comply with the REACH Regulation.
What to do
Measure taken: Withdrawal of the product from the market (economic operator: Importer), in force from 10/09/2025.
Note from Recalled Today: If you own this product, stop using it and contact the seller.
Image: Safety Gate (European Commission)
Image: Safety Gate (European Commission)
Notice details
- Product
- Bracelet
- Company
- www.lightinthebox.com
- Hazard
- The product has an excessive concentration of cadmium (measured value: 46,7 % 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.
- Class or risk level
- Serious risk
- Notifying country
- Norway
- Countries that reacted
- Poland
- Identifiers
- Alert number: SR/00425/26
- Measure in force since
- 10/09/2025
- Published on Safety Gate
- February 5, 2026
- Listed on Recalled Today
- February 5, 2026
The headline, summary and steps above are written in plain English from the official notice below. Identifiers are copied exactly as the agency published them. Always check the official notice before you act.
Official notice
The notice's own wording from Safety Gate.
Bracelet
- Product
- Product: Bracelet Description: Bracelet with charms. Product sold online, in particular via www.lightinthebox.com
- Risk
- Risk type: Chemical The product has an excessive concentration of cadmium (measured value: 46,7 % 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.
- Measures taken
- Withdrawal of the product from the market (economic operator: Importer), in force from 10/09/2025
- Country of origin
- Unknown
Source: European Commission, Safety Gate (CC BY 4.0); summary edited by Recalled Today CC BY 4.0 · Safety Gate
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