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January 5, 2022
3:04 AM +08
Last Updated 7 hours ago

By Johnny Cotton


BRUSSELS, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Tattoo parlours across the European Union were in crisis on Tuesday as a new rule came into force which effectively bans many of their most popular inks and which one artist described as like taking "taking the flour from a bakery."

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The law limits the use of certain chemicals which the EU said are hazardous, with some linked to cancer, reproductive difficulties and skin irritation, and which are contained in mixtures for tattoo inks



https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/tat...022-01-04/
like instead banning cigarettes they tax smokers and print crap on box!
tsk tsk tsk