Posted on 02/28/2024 1:48:13 PM PST by george76
A new study has discovered that tattoo inks could be linked to cancer or organ failure.
An analysis of 54 inks commonly used in tattoo parlors across America has uncovered that a staggering 45 of them contained unlisted additives, including chemicals known to pose alarming health risks.
Multiple inks contained 2-phenoxyethanol, which can cause toxic effects in high doses. Researchers involved in the study found the most common additive to be polyethylene glycol, which is a compound that can cause acute renal failure.
The study was led by Jonn Swierk from the Department of Chemistry at Binghamton University, and was published this month in the journal Analytical Chemistry.
Swierk said the conducted study was to open people’s eyes to the products being used in tattoo parlors.
“We’re hoping the manufacturers take this as an opportunity to reevaluate their processes, and that artists and clients take this as an opportunity to push for better labeling and manufacturing,” he said.
The study comes a year after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued guidance to tattoo ink manufacturers and distributors to help recognize if tattoo ink may have been contaminated.
There were 18 recalls of tattoo inks between 2003 and 2023 that were contaminated with a variety of microorganisms.
However, tattoos are regulated as a cosmetic product in the U.S., which means ingredients do not have to be approved by the FDA before use.
Meanwhile, more than 100 million Americans have at least one tattoo, according to the Pew Research Center.
Future research will look at even smaller concentrations of substances found in tattoo ink, researchers said.
“Our goal in a lot of this research is to empower artists and their clients. Tattoo artists are serious professionals who have dedicated their lives to this craft and they want the best possible outcomes for their clients,” Swierk said. “We’re trying to highlight that there are some deficiencies in manufacturing and labeling.”
NO REGERTS
The tattoo ink gives you BO and greasy hair.
This will make tattoos all the more popular in bath houses.
Do these tattoo ingredients cause poverty, ignorance, low self esteem, social issues and mental deficiency?
Or are these self evident pre-conditions that lead to getting a tatt?
People with tattoos will be deluged with cancer in years to come. The ink migrates to lymph nodes. Your body was not made for ink.
People can also develop allergies to tattoo ink.
Yeah, some years ago I looked up how a tattoo stays in place, given you shed skin and grow new skin over time...why doesn’t tattoo also go away? Learned that it is because the ink is actually under the skin and trapped there by the immune system reacting to hold it in place. The immune system is fighting and trying to get rid of it and holding it in place to prevent it from spreading into the body.
Leviticus 19:28 New American Standard Bible -
You shall not make any cuts in your body for the dead nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the LORD.
On average the more tattoos, the lower the IQ.
Excellent info! Thanks.
You eat any bacon or shellfish?
more than 100 million Americans have at least one tattoo
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Back when I was a kid the only people that had tattoos were some Navy guys and some gangster punks. It was regarded as a sigh of a weak personality, insecurity, and shiftlessness.
...or wear clothing made of more than one type of material?
My elder daughter is gorgeous and brilliant and has tattoos all down both arms. I didn’t say she had common sense...and we HATE THE SIGHT OF THEM.
The dose makes the poison.
bttt
I know 3 beauties with the problem.
The Who - Tattoo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI0cfzAF4as
Personally, I am turned off by tattoos for multiple reasons.
However if one is a legal adult and understands the concept that actions have consequences, then have at it.
Not like those with tats would notice.
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