----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Maggie Zhou <[log in to unmask]>To: ACTIONGREENS <[log in to unmask]>Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at 08:44:35 PM GMT+2Subject: Mercury in skin products/soaps/cosmetics; Other names that mean mercury
"The (skin) products are usually marketed as skin lighteners and anti-aging treatments that remove age spots, freckles, blemishes, and wrinkles. Adolescents may use these products as acne treatments."https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/mercury-poisoning-linked-skin-products
Even though the EU and many African nations have banned the use of mercury in many cosmetics, they still allow it in eye area cosmetics, including mascaras and eye liners.https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2019/12/27/skin-lightening-cream-gave-her-mercury-poisoning-what-you-should-watch-out-for/
An incomplete list of other terms that mean mercury include:
"calomel", “Hg”, “mercuric iodide”, “mercurous chloride”, “ammoniated mercury”, “amide chloride of mercury”, “quicksilver”, “cinnabaris (mercury sulfide)”, “hydrargyri oxydum rubrum (mercury oxide)”, “mercury iodide” and “poison.”
Some soaps and creams were found to contain mercury even though they didn't list it as an ingredient, according to a study from Gambia.https://www.publichealth.com.ng/list-of-mercury-containing-soaps-and-creams/
'According to the WHO, 25% of women in Mali, 77% in Nigeria, 27% in Senegal, 35% in South Africa and 59% in Togo regularly use skin-lightening products. Then there are the 40% of women in Taiwan and Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines and the Republic of Korea, based on a 2004 survey. Skin-lightening products constitute 61% of the dermatological market in India.'
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