Is it true that tattoos can cause skin cancer? The short answer is… the jury is still out. But, and this is a big BUT, many kinds of tattoo ink are toxic and can be germ-filled. Unless the artist changes ink for every customer, a person getting a tattoo is being intimate with everyone who got a tatoo from that inkwell. Those colorful inks include phthalates (hormone disrupters in plastics), as well as carcinogenic metals and hydrocarbons. Black ink (based on soot) may contain hazardous polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which can cause cancer. They’re also made with dibutyl phthalate and benzo (a) prene, which is labeled as “among the most potent and well –documented skin carecinogens” by the Environmental Protection Agency. Blue ink contains cobalt and aluminium. Red ink often contains cadmium and mercury sulphide. And the FDA notes that many of the inks are industrial grade suitable for printer’s ink and automobile paint! Plus, inks have been found to migrate to your lymph nodes.
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The Hindu- Well Being,
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