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Final draft –– 05.05.2003 - Review of risks and health effects from tattooing/piercing practices Pakhustorvet 4 6000 KOLDING DENMARK Tel: +45 75 508 811 Fax: +45 75 508 810 Email: jlu@chemtox.dk Philippe GARNIER Ministère de la santé, de la famille et des personnes handicapées DIRECTION GENERALE DE LA SANTE Sous-direction des pathologies et de la santé Bureau SD5C Paris Tél. 01 40 56 50 06 Fax : 01 40 56 78 00 Philippe.garnier@sante.gouv.fr Hans Joergen Talberg Norwegian Food Control Authority PO Box 8187 0034 OSLO NORWAY Tel: +47 23 216 749 Fax: +47 23 217 001 Email: hans.talberg@snt.no Haapaniemenkatu 4 00530 HELSINKI FINLAND Tel: +358 9 77 26 75 69 Fax: +358 9 77 26 75 86 E-mail : Eeva-liisa.sainio@kuluttajavirasto.fi Richard van Buuren Inspectorate for Health Protection Paterswoldseweg 1 9726 BA GRONINGEN THE NETHRLANDS Tel: +31 50 588 60 52 Fax: +31 50 588 61 00 Email: richard.van.buuren@kvw.nl Sabine Walser Council of Europe/Conseil de l'Europe DG III / Dept. Health and of the Partial Agreement in the Social and Public Health Field 67075 STRASBOURG Cedex FRANCE Tel: + 33 3 90 21 42 25 Fax: + 33 3 88 41 27 32 E-mail: sabine.walser@coe.int 4
Final draft –– 05.05.2003 - Review of risks and health effects from tattooing/piercing practices Table of contents Foreword............................................................................................................................ 2 List of Members............................................................................................................... 3 1. Project Description ................................................................................................ 6 2. Scope of the present survey................................................................................. 7 3. Review of Health Effects & Risks..................................................................... 8 3.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 8 3.2 Infectious Risks ...................................................................................................... 9 3.2.1 Viral infections ................................................................................................................. 9 3.2.2 Bacterial infections ........................................................................................................ 12 3.2.3 Fungal infections............................................................................................................ 15 3.3 Non-Infectious Risks ......................................................................................... 16 3.3.1 Allergic Reactions .......................................................................................................... 16 3.3.2 Granulomateous/lichenoid reactions............................................................................ 18 3.3.3 Pseudo-Lymphomas....................................................................................................... 19 3.3.4 Lymphadenopathy ......................................................................................................... 20 3.3.5 Sarcoidosis ...................................................................................................................... 20 3.3.6 Malignant Lesions.......................................................................................................... 21 3.3.7 Other skin diseases......................................................................................................... 23 3.3.8 Transport of tattoo pigments and admixtures in the body......................................... 24 3.3.9 Risks of the laser treatment of tattoos.......................................................................... 25 3.3.10 Tattoos and body piercings as markers of risk-taking behaviour.............................. 27 4. Conclusions ........................................................................................................... 29 5
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