French tattoo artists fight coloured ink ban
French tattoo artists fight coloured ink ban
French tattoo artists are set to address parliament on Wednesday, in opposition to a plan to outlaw coloured inks – the latest in a series of controversial health-driven crackdowns by the French government.
Senior figures from France’s National Union of Tattoo Artists (SNAT) are set to speak to the National Assembly on Wednesday, to voice their fierce opposition to a proposed ban on coloured inks.
“[The plan is] alarmist, and would stigmatize the profession without any real scientific foundation,” tattoo artist “Grenouille”, secretary of the union, told Le Figaro on Wednesday.
The proposal would outlaw nine out of ten coloured inks available on the market in France at present, allowing only black, white, grey and certain shades of blue and green.
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