Another Reason Not To Get A Tattoo

As noted here, I'm not into poking holes in one's space suit in general and tattoos in particular. While it probably is a generational thing, I find it to be an enormous turnoff when I come upon a young woman who is bending over, say, a delicatessen counter and a biblical quotation or winged tattoo emerges from her jeans just above her butt crack.

Now there's another reason, as well. A new study finds that there is all kinds of toxic crud in some tattoo inks, including cadmium, manganese, lead, antimony and mercury.