Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. A new study found bacteria in 35% of commercial ...

The Food and Drug Administration has been warning for years that some tattoo inks are brimming with bacteria—a large ...

As part of the study, researchers tested 75 inks from 14 manufacturers. The sampling revealed 35% of sealed, unopened tattoo inks sold in the U.S. contain aerobic and anaerobic bacteria.

They're actually looking at a range of bacteria, both aerobic and anaerobic ... the recovery of microbes from tattoo and ...

Nevada-based tattoo ink manufacturer Sierra Stain has recalled three of its 'Bloodline' products after tests found they ...

new research from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found that 35% of tattoo and permanent makeup inks are contaminated with harmful bacteria. The study tested 75 in total. Tattoo artists at ...

About a third of Americans have at least one tattoo, statistics suggest But now experts are warning that ... organ damage, a ...

A new study ... possible allergic or other health risks,” the study reported. “Taken together, the results from this study ...

One in five Australians have tattoos – but the findings of a new study have resulted in a warning ... tattoo and permanent makeup ink were found to contain millions of potentially dangerous ...

According to IU Health, as of 2020, only 32 of Indiana's 92 counties had a forensic nurse. That's why leaders hope the recently announced $1.39 million dollar federal grant will address the rise ...