On: Possible association between tattoos and lymphoma

[throw383y8]

No, I believe cancer from hair dyes was caused by touching dye during application. Poisons are volatile, dye is only toxic, while it is drying.

Tattoo pigment particles are quite inert.

[chickenbig → throw383y8]

> Tattoo pigment particles are quite inert.

Asbestos is quite inert, which is a good property for fire retardant materials to have. However it does have an unfortunate effect when inhaled.

[foobiekr → throw383y8]

How do you know they are inert? The ingredients are mostly unstudied and unregulated.

[GuB-42 → foobiekr]

If they weren't (mostly) inert, I guess they would do a poor job at staying in place, which is the whole point of tattoos.