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By Karen L. Hudson, About.com Guide to Tattoos since 1999

In the News - 8 Ink Manufacturers Sued for Alleged Toxins

Sunday August 8, 2004
Eight major tattoo ink manufacturers, two of them being Spaulding and Superior, are being sued by the AESI (American Environmental Safety Institute) for allegedly containing dangerous levels of lead and other toxins such as "antimony, arsenic, beryllium, chromium, cobalt, nickel and selenium, all heavy metal poisons" according to California health experts. The other 6 companies involved in the suit have not been publicly named in news reports.

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