End of Era:Tattoo inking claimed the lives of five due …..read more

The Food and Drug Administration discovered that bacteria infiltrated over half of samples obtained from permanent cosmetic ink products and nearly a quarter from tattoo ink products, even from brands that advertised themselves as “sterile.” Their findings are just the most recent in a series of FDA tests that have revealed contamination in body inks sold in the United States. They were published in the Applied and Environmental Microbiology journal on Tuesday.