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The tattoos on our hands, neck or arms may catch some attention, but they come with risks.

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We all know that a permanent tattoo can cause health hazard. How? It is learnt that toxic impurities of the tattoo ink can travel inside our body as nano particles, causing chronic enlargement of the lymph nodes. The researchers said that “pigments from tattoos would travel to the lymph nodes because of visual evidence. The lymph nodes become tinted with the colour of the tattoo. It is the response of the body to clean the site of entrance of the tattoo.”

If air pollution is making you difficult to breathe, there’s some respite for you. A new catalyst has been developed that can reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides from diesel vehicles. This can help in controlling air pollution and smog. Scientists concentrated on copper-exchanged zeolites, a particular class of catalysts that help in converting nitrogen oxides into environmental friendly nitrogen gas.

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