A LOCAL waste-and-pollution watchdog on Sunday warned the public against buying cosmetics containing mercury that are being sold over the counter in the Philippines, despite already being banned in the United States. EcoWaste Coalition revealed that it had purchased 11 skin-lightening products made in China, Pakistan and Thailand that were…
19 March 2023, Quezon City. Eleven skin lightening products banned in the USA for containing mercury are sold to Filipino consumers posing a serious health
Environmental watchdog EcoWaste Coalition has warned the public that eleven skin lightening products that are banned in the United States (US) because they contain mercury are being sold to Filipino consumers, posing a serious health risk to their mostly female users as well as other household members, particularly children.
A Minnesota woman experienced vision loss on top of other mercury poisoning symptoms that health officials are blaming on skin lightening creams that contain the harmful heavy metal.