Some skin whitening creams contain toxic mercury, testing finds
High levels found as products gain popularity worldwide
May 18, 2010|By Ellen Gabler and Sam Roe, Tribune reporters
Some creams promising to lighten skin, eliminate age spots and zap freckles contain high levels of mercury, a toxic metal that can cause severe health problems, a Tribune investigation has found.
The [...]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking another look at the risks of mercury in dental fillings, raising hopes among local activists that more stringent regulations will be put in place.
The FDA said Thursday that an advisory panel would hold hearings from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Dec. 14-15 at a Holiday Inn in [...]
Feds probing homemade skin cream link to mercury
By MICHAEL FELBERBAUM (AP) – May 28, 2010
RICHMOND, Va. — State and federal officials are investigating cases of possible mercury exposure linked to a homemade cream from Mexico that claims to lighten the skin, fade freckles and age spots, and treat acne.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration was [...]
Mystery solved. 160 people killed in Nigeria, 111 of them children. Lead, brought into family homes, kills them. DMSA is being used to treat the survivors who have been lead poisoned.
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http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/06/10/nigeria.poisons/index.html?hpt=T2
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Yangalama, Northern Nigeria (CNN) — Standing in the graveyard Rabiu Mohammed prays silently in a cemetery [...]