Getting tattoos and getting cancer?

[Falcon]

Be informed before you join the club


The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has launched an investigation after new research turned up troubling findings about toxic chemicals in tattoo ink.
Recently published studies have found that the inks can contain a host of dodgy substances, including some phthalates, metals, and hydrocarbons that are carcinogens and endocrine disruptors.


One chemical commonly used to make black tattoo ink called benzo(a)pyrene is known to be a potent carcinogen that causes skin cancer in animal tests.


Coloured inks often contain lead, cadmium, chromium, nickel, titanium and other heavy metals that could trigger allergies or diseases, scientists say.


Some pigments are industrial grade dyes 'suitable for printers' ink or automobile paint,' according to an FDA fact sheet.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2032696/Now-tattoos-cancer-U-S-regulator-probes-fears-inks-contain-carcinogenic-chemicals.html#ixzz1WjrIapMV

[Solachica]

A well done tattoo looks good :D

[vaio]

i doh like tattoos and the association with it.

[bigzack]

Used tuh be ah time when only sailors and motor cycle gangsters used tuh have tatoos.

Then my chupid people jump on de bandwagon.

[guyguy]

A well done tattoo looks good :DWell, at least you'll look good when you're undergoing Radiation & Chemo Therapy.

[greall]

Well, at least you'll look good when you're undergoing Radiation & Chemo Therapy.

And it'll mask the pain of the procedures when even breathing is literally a pain...

Greg

[SocaSim]

Not funny at all...:thumbdown:

[guyguy]

Not funny at all...:thumbdown:My statement wasn't meant to be funny my sweets and I'm sure you know that. It was mean't to ensure that Falcon's statement was taken seriously.

[shield_2006]

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0412/online_extra.html

[guyguy]

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0412/online_extra.htmlAnd your point is?

[edyle]

I wonder if tattoo technology could be used to slowly release something beneficial, into the bloodstream.

[indie]

The best way to save yourself is not to get a tattoo. I hate tattoos anyhow.

[shield_2006]

And your point is?

That tattoos are not something new--in response to the comments about them being reflective of a person status--sailors and bad people etc.

[guyguy]

That tattoos are not something new--in response to the comments about them being reflective of a person status--sailors and bad people etc.Thank you.

We all know that tattoos have been around for thousands of years but were primarily the domain of certain peoples due to their culture. Other than than, those people that bigzack described were the only other groups that had themselves tattooed. It's only recently that tattoos became mainstream whereby every Tom, Dick, and Jane is rushing out to get them today without knowing the potential health effects that may occur. For example, several years ago, people were mysteriously contracting HIV/AIDS. Investigations discovered that many tattoo parlours weren't sterilizing their needles and were passing on the virus from infected clients.

[letric]

Well, at least you'll look good when you're undergoing Radiation & Chemo Therapy.


Logical observation ...:thumbup:

[Aurea]

I usta really want a tattoo and then I grew up...... thank God!



Aurea

[shield_2006]

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Humans have done things for millennia that cultural bias is incapable of appreciating

[Falcon]

Pathophysiology is no respecter of persons or cultures

[SocaSim]

My statement wasn't meant to be funny my sweets and I'm sure you know that. It was mean't to ensure that Falcon's statement was taken seriously.

I know lovey but thank you for acknowledging. I take this vveerryy sensitively...my mum is a survivor. Even though she escaped going though chemo...chemo treatments are not to be joked about.:(

[guyguy]

Simmy sweetheart,
I am delighted that your mom is a survivor - really. I've worked in radiology for 40 years and have an extensive knowledge about cancer, survivors, survival rates and a lot more. More importantly, I lost a daughter-in-law to be to Glioblastoma (she was 26), a cousin to breast cancer (62), a brother-in-law to a Glioblastoma (58), another to bone cancer (35), all within the last four years, and other family members to various forms of cancer. This too is a very sensitive issue for me so when I see a post such as Sola's in response to Falcon's, it rubs me the wrong way and the only way I can think of to drive the seriousness of this home is by making such a statement. Maybe Sola and others will get the message.

[SocaSim]

Simmy sweetheart,
I am delighted that your mom is a survivor - really. I've worked in radiology for 40 years and have an extensive knowledge about cancer, survivors, survival rates and a lot more. More importantly, I lost a daughter-in-law to be to Glioblastoma (she was 26), a cousin to breast cancer (62), a brother-in-law to a Glioblastoma (58), another to bone cancer (35), all within the last four years, and other family members to various forms of cancer. This too is a very sensitive issue for me so when I see a post such as Sola's in response to Falcon's, it rubs me the wrong way and the only way I can think of to drive the seriousness of this home is by making such a statement. Maybe Sola and others will get the message.

;)