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Alarm: Toxic nano particles in tattoo inks may harm your immune system

The tattoo is getting popular these days if you too a person who loves to get a tattoo on the body. Then there is a warning for you, this can cause toxic nanoparticles to travel inside the body, leading to chronic enlargement of the lymph nodes - an important part of our immune system, a study has warned. Toxic impurities that make up the ink in tattoos can travel inside the body in the form of nano particles and affect the lymph nodes, researchers said.

Updated : 18 September 2017, 11:28 AM

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