The presence of bacteria can pose potential dangers to the roughly 32 percent of Americans who have at least one tattoo.
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Food and Drug Administration has released a warning about the ... has warned of the ...
A new study conducted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found potentially harmful bacteria in sealed, sterile-labeled ...
However, a new study published in the Environmental Science & Technology journal, estimates that fibres from these cleaning products release trillions of toxic microplastic particles globally each ...
Getting a tattoo isn’t likely to cause cancer, but there may be risks associated with certain ingredients in tattoo ink. Here ...
A new study led by researchers in the United States ... The researchers detected bacteria in commercial tattoo and permanent makeup inks, demonstrating that they could cause human infections. “Our ...
The scientists tested 75 tattoo and PMU inks ... bacteria can survive even without the presence of oxygen. They can live in the dermal skin layer and injured human tissue. It is not immediately known ...
However, on its website the federal agency warns ... But bacteria isn't the only potential risk associated with getting inked. Another recent study found that the majority of tattoo inks sold ...
alongside aerobic bacteria," the study's authors write. "This suggests that contaminated tattoo inks could be a source of infection from both types of bacteria." Dr. Seong-Jae (Peter) Kim ...
Researchers have uncovered the presence of both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria in a significant portion of commercially available tattoo and permanent makeup inks, raising serious concerns about the ...
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — One-third of top tattoo ink brands have tested positive for bacteria regardless of sterility claims, according to a recent study. Dr. Arjun Venkatesh, the chair of ...
Both anaerobic and aerobic bacteria are identified in commercial tattoo and permanent makeup inks, a recent study published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, a journal of the American ...