The two countries differ in the extent to which chemicals are organized in tattoo inks
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Whether it is a butterfly on your ankle or the logo of your football team across your back, the tattoo has long been considered a way to express individualism, as well as sometimes of cultural importance. However, the research has just started scratching the surface of its potential health effects.
Tattoo dyes consist of many chemicals. In the European Union, registration, evaluation, licensing and registration of chemicals (Reach) has set a concentration limits of about 4000 vehicles in such dyes, most of them due to cancer fears …