Tattoo Research: Risks

Dr Peter Laux, head of the BfRshort forGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment unit “Product Research and Nanotechnology”, explains what the current state of research reveals about the health risks of tattooing, the routes that tattoo pigments can travel in the body, and how the safety of tattoo inks can already be improved today. The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfRshort forGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment) has been researching the safety of tattoo inks for years.