We were thinking the other day about the problem with lead in things from China and we wondered about thier tattoo ink?? We suggest you be very careful on this subject and maybe ask questions before you buy. Also ask your distributor where the ink you are buying comes from and where the componets used to make it comes from. Just a thought that we at MALLTREKS were pondering and wanted to share with other tattooists around the world. We would appreciate any thoughts anyone has on the matter.