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  2. Tattoos may increase blood cancer risk by 21% - AOL

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    They discovered that 21% of the people with lymphoma had a tattoo, and 18% of those without lymphoma had a tattoo. The risk was 81% higher for people with tattoos than people without tattoos, in ...

  3. Health effects of tattoos - Wikipedia

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    The District of Columbia, Georgia (until January 2025), Idaho, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Utah and Wyoming do not have a rigorous licensing and regulation (e.g. bloodborne pathogen training) program, meaning that people who receive tattoos there are subject to the 3-month deferral regardless of the hygienic ...

  4. Possible link between tattoos and lymphoma revealed in ... - AOL

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    A new study out of Sweden finds that people with tattoos have a 21% higher risk of developing lymphoma, a type of blood cancer. “It is important to remember that lymphoma is a rare disease and ...

  5. Study Finds Tattoos May Be Linked to Higher Risk of Cancer - AOL

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    People with tattoos may be at a higher risk of developing malignant lymphoma, new research finds. Researchers discovered that the risk of developing lymphoma, a type of cancer, was 21% higher ...

  6. Prison tattooing - Wikipedia

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    The well-known teardrop tattoo can signify that the wearer was raped while incarcerated [3] [4] or, reportedly particularly in West Coast gang contexts, that the wearer has killed someone. [ 5 ] Tattoos are also used to communicate who the inmates are as people—for example, white supremacists will display prominent tattoos to show their beliefs.

  7. Health risks from dead bodies - Wikipedia

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    According to health professionals, the fear of spread of disease by bodies killed by trauma rather than disease is not justified. Among others, Steven Rottman, director of the UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters, said that no scientific evidence exists that bodies of disaster victims increase the risk of epidemics, adding that cadavers posed less risk of contagion than living people.

  8. Health effects arising from the September 11 attacks - Wikipedia

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    Many of the 55 responders who died from cancer had cancer before September 11, 2001, but most of the cancer patients developed the disease afterward. [45] The 98 deaths up to 2008 included: 55 cancers; 21 traumatic injuries (motor-vehicle crashes, gunshots and five homicides, including four cops killed in the line of duty)

  9. Tattoos may give false signs of cancer - AOL

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