A first-class carcinogen in the eyebrow tattoo dye..."Need to tighten regulations"

Consumer Resources "detect harmful substances in 87.5% of Moon Credit Dyes"
Foreign Language Credit 90% and Nickel Detection of 'Cancerable Substances'
Products exceeding the 'heavy metal' standard, such as zinc and copper
European Union restricts the use of eye and skin irritants

[Anchor]
As eyebrow tattoos and scalp tattoos become popular these days, many people want to get tattooed for cosmetic purposes.
When we investigated Moon Shin-yong dyes distributed in
market, many products detected harmful substances, including first-class carcinogens.

I'm reporter Hwang Bo Hye-kyung.

[Reporter]
It's a Moon Credit dye sold online.

When the Korea Consumer Agency investigated the safety of 24 products, 21 products, or 87%, found harmful substances exceeding domestic and international standards.

It is a dye used for eyebrow and scalp tattoos.

Arsenic and benzo-a-pyrene, designated as first-class carcinogens by the International Cancer Institute under the World Health Organization, have been detected.

Nine out of 10 semi-sentence credit dyes, such as eyebrows and lips, have been identified as nickel, which is classified as a substance capable of human cancer and is prohibited from containing it.

In some products, heavy metal components such as zinc and copper, which can cause headaches or dermatitis when overexposed, exceeded the standard.

Products containing substances regulated by the European Union accounted for 33% of the total because they can irritate the eyes or skin.

[Han Sung-joon / Product safety team leader of the Korea Consumer Agency Safety Monitoring Bureau: Eight out of 24 products were found to contain benzyl isothiazolinone (BIT), methyl isothiazolinone (MIT), and 2-phenoxyethanol in excess of EU standards]

When both domestic and foreign standards are applied, there are three products that have passed safety inspections: "New Imperial," "NANO," and "Titan," all of which are domestic products.

The Korea Consumer Agency recommended businesses that import or manufacture products with harmful substances to stop selling or improve quality.

In addition, we plan to ask the Ministry of Environment to strengthen safety standards as Moon Shin-yong dyes are directly injected into the dermis of the skin.

I'm YTN Hwang Bo Hye-kyung.

Photographer: Si Chul-woo
Design: Lee Na-eun