Body Piercing: Don’t Get Stuck With a Toxic Stud

If you need more ammo to convince your teenager that body piercing has its downside, consider these two words: lead poisoning.

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New California law gets the lead out of piercing jewelry

That’s the message from the California Department of Toxic Substance Control, which is enforcing a new state law that regulates lead in jewelry, especially piercing jewelry.

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The body is the medium

Nae Morris was 5 years old when she had her ears pierced.Now 20, the University of Michigan student has 13 piercings, stretched earlobes with half-inch holes and several tattoos. She also has scars in the shape of flowers along the side of her torso that were created by having her skin cut with a scalpel, a process known as scarification.

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Man charged with tattooing, piercing underage teens

A Hawkins County tattoo business operator has been charged with giving tattoos and body piercings to underage teenagers.

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Piercing the fog of education budget wars

California’s perennial debate over how much it is and should be spending on its largest-in-the-nation public school system has escalated sharply this year as the state faces a whopping budget deficit and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposes - whether seriously or not is uncertain - to take a big bite out of the schools’ money to close it.

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Parents want curbs on teen body piercing

The State Government has been urged to pass laws to prevent teenagers from getting intimate body piercings, after a controversial tattoo artist started a campaign to give teenagers the right to pierce without parental consent.

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Parents want curbs on teen body piercing

The State Government has been urged to pass laws to prevent teenagers from getting intimate body piercings, after a controversial tattoo artist started a campaign to give teenagers the right to pierce without parental consent.

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Jewelry on the nose, lips or tongue can be a piercing

In my opinion, there is nothing that says, “Look at my NOSE!” like a glittering gemstone in a pierced nostril.

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