“We strongly discourage attempting this on human skin, as the toxicology of dye molecules in humans, particularly when applied topically, has not been fully evaluated,” he tells Popular Science.
I feel like it’s only a matter of time before this becomes a TikTok trend.
Wait, let me get this straight: they’re not even sure if Yellow #5/Tartrazine is safe to be applied topically, but it’s FDA-approved to be ingested?
Things absorbed through the skin may be in a different state when they reach your bloodstream than things that are ingested. The process of digestion can break down a lot of things that would otherwise be harmful, but aren’t similarly filtered when absorbed through the skin.
It’s also why some medicines are taken by swallowing a pill, and some are taken by dissolving a tablet under your tongue.
Does it mean I’m supposed to eat that with gloves,? This is not making sense
There’s a difference between having Dorito dust on your fingers and having it massaged/injected into your skin via microneedling. It’s closer to “don’t tattoo yourself with Dorito dust” than it is “don’t let it get on you.”
Hey don’t give people ideas
Eagerly awaiting my sick-ass radium tattoo
I mean, people tattoo with phosphorous (I think it was phosphorous) to get glow in the dark tattoos and that shit’s a carcinogen! People gonna people.
Some glow in the dark chemicals are called phosphors, and while they’re named after phosphorus, they usually do not contain any phosphorus, zinc sulfide for example. These are the kinds of things you might find on a watch face or stickers or whatever that need to absorb light from some other source first.
To make it even more confusing, phosphorus isn’t actually phosphorescent, its glow is from chemiluminescence, the result of a chemical reaction.
And for what it’s worth, stuff that glows under a black light is fluorescent.
I don’t think phosphorus has ever been used for glowing tattoos, and if it was I’m pretty sure no one is still using it. We’re well outside of my realm of expertise, but it should also be considered that how a chemical enters your body can make a difference in how toxic it is too, there’s a whole lot of chemistry at work in your body, and ingesting something and absorbing it through digestion isn’t necessarily going to have the same effect as absorbing it through your skin, there’s a reason different medications have to be taken oral, allowed to dissolve under your tongue, given as a suppository, intravenously, intramuscularly, subdermally, etc. that said, I’m pretty sure phosphorus is bad no matter how you put it into someone’s body.
My understanding is that phosphates are no longer used, and that most “glow in the dark” tattoos are actually glow under UV tattoos now.
Vinegar isn’t good for the skin either. But healthy if ingested.
Trump’s way ahead of you there.
It also means “we don’t know (yet)” so there is a chance it’s not that toxic.
How the fuck can anyone say science sucks
Have you ever seen a vacuum chamber? Science does suck … and it’s fucking awesome at it. 🥁
Erm technically that’s the air pushing not the vacuum sucking 🤓
- Neil DeGrasse Tyson, probably
He knows a thing or two about sucking!
You can just put the quote without his name and people will understand who you are talking about.
Doritos stock about to explode
This is awesome! How long until we have invisibility potions?
How much Doritos dust are you willing to inhale?
The spice must flow
For invisibility? All the dust.
Not invisible, transparent. As in you can see all the insides from the outside.
Just keep applying doritos further inside
It’s Doritos all the way down?
Always has been.
Depends on the flavor.
This is the real reason why 4chan users are not seen in public
About 2 party size bags in a day.
Remember where you are so you can tell your kids what you were doing before the “xtreme flavor blasted mousepocalypse”.
Halloween is going to be lit this year bitches. Release the ghost mice!!!
But the real question is… How do they taste?
The mice or the domino’s?
Finally!
us food safety gore
So like, this is a positive right
So, I skimmed the article and may have missed it. Why is this anything more that tinkering with and (maybe torturing) mice? What’s the actual scientific value here? (Assuming invisibility potion wasn’t an actual goal)
Perhaps medical dyes for imaging?
What’s the actual scientific value here?
Transparent mice with multiple butts
What do you mean? To make people invisible bro.
