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Friday Sep 23, 2005
Breaking News
According to ABC News, Superior Court Judge Irving Feffer ordered two manufacturers of ink used for tattoos to place labels on their bottles warning consumers of potential health risks. These labels will read “inks contain many heavy metals, including lead, arsenic and others" and warn that the ingredients have been linked to cancer and birth reproductive defects.
Instigated by The American Environmental Safety Institute in August 2004, the non-profit group sued several tattoo ink companies stating that tattoo inks expose people to potentially dangerous levels of lead among other toxins.
We at INKEDblog, cautiously applaud this action. It is absolutely possible to make non-toxic tattoo ink (see archived articles on tattoo ink for details). If tattoo ink is regulated, tattooing will be safer for everyone.
With this in mind however, if a court action takes the overly litigatious route, and attempts to put well meaning tattoo and ink companies out of business, the case is in vain, and a waste of money and resources best put to better use.
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