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Study: Tattoo infections traced to tainted ink

08/22/2012 majac Your Health Matters

In this Jan 2012 photo provided by the Monroe County (N.Y.) Department of Public Health a persons arm is seen after receiving a tattoo covered with a red bubbly rash. As more people get tattoos, health officials are seeing more cases of a nasty skin infection blamed on the ink. In the largest outbreak reported, 19 people in Rochester, N.Y., recently ended up with bubbly rashes over their new tattoos. Cases also occurred in Colorado, Iowa and Washington States this year, health officials say. All together, the four states had 22 lab-confirmed tattoo-related infections and more than 30 suspected additional cases. (AP Photo/Monroe County (N.Y.) Department)An outbreak of infected tattoos has led to an unlikely source: the ink.

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