Nickel free bead, flower design, double loop, 20mm

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What is “Nickel Free”?
The term “nickel free” can be confusing since jewelry marked nickel free is still allowed to contain a very small amount of nickel … but it is such a tiny amount that it takes extremely sensitive instruments to measure it.

The European Union’s (EU) Nickel Directive limits the amount of nickel that may be released onto the skin from jewelry and other products. This type of measurement is distinct from measuring the percentage of nickel that exists in an alloy’s composition. The Nickel Directive’s migration limits are as follows:
0.2 micrograms per cm per week for post assemblies inserted into pierced ears and other pierced parts of the human body
0.5 micrograms per cm per week for other products intended to come into direct and prolonged contact with the skin.