Research Students seeking donations for "Are My Tattoos Killing Me?" documentary

ATLANTA, March 31, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A group of college research students in Atlanta, Georgia have aligned in a public-private partnership with Provision Research Management Group, Inc. and Frontline Community Services, Inc. a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, to seek crowd funding donations to film a documentary about the $3 billion tattoo industry titled "Are My Tattoos Killing Me?"  With nearly 50 million people having one or more tattoos, this documentary was inspired by students after discovering research information provided by various experts such as Dr. Bob Haley and Dr. Paul Fischer of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School.  Findings suggest that tattoos applied at parlors could be the "number one distributor of Hepatitis C." Further, Julie Wilson of NaturalNews.com states, "The FDA has not approved any tattoo pigments for injection into the skin."  Tattoo parlors are regulated by the state and city, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not require manufacturers to release their ink's ingredients; doing so could supposedly give away trade secrets. Many pigments used in tattoo inks are industrial-grade colors suitable for printer ink or automobile paint. The Atlanta students will explore questions and answers from a scientific and historical standpoint