Jinx jewellery: Consumers should not to wear the Quantum Pendant which has an enhanced level of radioactivity.

The Customs & Excise Department warns consumers not to wear the Quantum Pendant which has an enhanced level of radioactivity.

Tests found the pendant to have thorium-232 and uranium-238 with radioactivity exceeding the limit recommended by the International Atomic Energy Agency.

If the pendant is kept in continuous contact with the skin the radiation dose will amount to 20% of the annual dose limit recommended by the International Commission on Radiological Protection.

The Department of Health said although short-term contact with the pendant will not cause immediate harm to health, wearing it long term will increase the risk of cancer.

Customs officers have seized 10 of the pendants from a supplier.

Last month a similar model was found to be potentially hazardous to health.