EU PUSHES FOR MORE CONTROLS ON TATTOO INKS
November 1st, 2016
THE EUROPEAN Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is investigating if European Union (EU)-wide controls are needed to protect consumers against substances used in tattoo inks and permanent make-up (PMU) – with one solution expanding the scope of the EU cosmetics directive.
While the printing ink industry has suffered a recession, the tattoo and PMU ink sectors are booming in the wake of a huge increase in purchases of tattoos EU-wide. Even if the United States still leads the market globally, some 60 million Europeans have a tattoo. “In 2016, eight out of ten French ...
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