A TOXICS watchdog group has reported to the Food and Drug Administration that 14 unauthorized cosmetic products are being offered for sale in online and physical markets.
EcoWaste Coalition said nine of the 14 unauthorized products are being marketed as skin tone lighteners, or solutions to acne, age spots, blemishes, freckles, and wrinkles. All 14 contain high levels of mercury, the group said.
While mercury, a potent neurotoxin, is not a permissible ingredient in cosmetics, the EcoWaste Coalition continues to detect this highly toxic chemical in products that are marketed to lighten the skin tone and get rid of acne, age spots, blemishes, freckles, and wrinkles. As shown in the XRF screening, the following products are tainted with varying levels of mercury with three products containing mercury.
From Pakistan: Aima Gold Beauty Cream, 19,020 ppm; Armena Gold Beauty Cream, 11,940 ppm; and Zoya Gold Beauty Cream, 19,170 ppm.Mercury was not detected on these four unauthorized cosmetics: 88 Total White Underarm Cream , Huashuzi Papaya Active Ferment Whitening Package, Lulanjina Sweetrip Whitening Freckle Removal Cream, and Teatrical Facial Cream.
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