Tattoos could give you cancer, new research suggests.
Chemicals in tattoo ink travel in the bloodstream and accumulate in the lymph nodes, which may cause them to become swollen and therefore hinder their ability to fight infections, a study found for the first time.
Controversial chemical titanium dioxide, which is added to tattoo ink to create certain colours, even dyes lymph nodes, and has previously been linked to cancer, itching and delayed healing.
Study author Hiram Castillo from the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in France, said: 'When someone wants to get a tattoo, they are often very careful in choosing a parlour where they use sterile needles that havent been used previously.
'No one checks the chemical composition of the colours, but our study shows that maybe they should.'
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I don't know if tatoos give you cancer but I am positive they make you look like trash.
ReplyDeleteOf course tattoos are detrimental to your health. Putting anything into the human body which wasn't meant to be there for lack of a better word screws up the cells and everything else. It's not like it's rocket science.
ReplyDeleteKarma exists after all.
ReplyDeletePopular popular popular popular....You ever seen the Prices For Tats ?? Expensive expensive expensive..And It's Really Took All This Long To Come Out With Harmfulness !? Unbelievable !!
ReplyDeleteWell sh!#!.
ReplyDeleteSo Where's The Line drawn 5:57 ?? ..bug spray ..sun tan lotion.. antacid medication..and the list can go on and on and on and on ...??????
ReplyDeleteI can change my shirt to a different pattern for today. A tattoo stays the same for life.
ReplyDelete9:22 you are right. That is why you have to choose your toxins carefully. Use medicine sparingly unless it is necessary.
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